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Good Women
Good Women
paperback
Published:
2 November, 2006
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Description
Jane Stevenson arrived on the British literary scene with a book called Several Deceptions. A collection of four novellas, it was unashamedly erudite, marvellously witty and just a little bit cruel. It revived a neglected form quite brilliantly.
Now, after four acclaimed novels, she returns with another sparkling novella collection. In 'Light My Fire' a passionate relationship cannot withstand a clash of tastes and an ancient Aga; a housewife's life is transformed when she starts to see angels in 'Walking with Angels'; and 'Garden Guerillas' follows a widow plotting an elaborate horticultural revenge on her daughter-in-law. Despite being framed by domesticity, these stories are wickedly potent and each has a string in its tale.
More Details
| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9780099472155 |
| ISBN10 | 0099472155 |
| Number Of Pages | 240 |
| Item Weight | 167 g |
| Product Dimensions | 128 x 198 x 15 mm |
| Publisher / Reseller | Vintage Publishing |
| Format | paperback |
Media Reviews
Stevenson is such a fine writer: sinewy and erudite, dark and funny... I loved this book and if it doesn't find its way into an awful lot of suitcases this summer, there is no justice -- Rachel Cooke * Observer *
Jane Stevenson writes with easy and erudite fluency, perceptive candour and scalpel-like precision. Her characters are sexy, articulate and persuasive * Independent on Sunday *
At around 70 pages a pop, a Stevenson novella is the perfect literary form for our attention-deficient era: short enough to span a couple of journeys into work or a pair of bedtimes, yet as satisfying emotionally as many fictions five times the length, and with a tension and humour nourished by their concision. Elegant and cool, Stevenson's prose remains a wonderful thing, as efficient and unobtrusive as glass * Independent *
Utterly beguiling novellas...this is literary fiction as pure entertainment * Daily Mail *
Acutely observed, funny and warm * Scotland on Sunday *
Stevenson offers some engagingly sharp observations about family life * Daily Telegraph *
Immensely satisfying. Rich and compelling * Times Literary Supplement *
In a style as piercing as the glint in an estate agent's eye, she has written three marvellous morality tales for our mortgaged times * Sunday Times *
Stevenson is sophisticated and irrepressibly playful...King Solomon had it that a good woman was worth more than rubies. Stevenson's Good Women are worth their weight in gold * Scottish Sunday Herald *
Jane Stevenson has a unique talent for exploring the feminine sphere in a radically gutsy way, and I challenge any woman not to be so engrossed by her stories that she doesn't notice herself whooping with glee then collapsing in cathartic tears * Sunday Telegraph *
Author's Bio
Jane Stevenson is the author of a collection of novellas, Several Deceptions, and four novels, London Bridges, Astraea, The Pretender and The Empress of the Last Days. She is reader in English at the University of Aberdeen.