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Synopsis
A rollicking collection of short stories depicts the bizarre sideshows of humanity lost to traditional history as seen through obscure scraps of historic records, from the tale of an Irish soldier who is tricked into marriage, to a seventeenth-century countess who ran away to Italy disguised as a man. 35,000 first printing.
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About the Author
Emma Donoghue was born in Dublin in 1969 and earned her Ph.D. in eighteenth-century fiction at Cambridge. She is the author of three novels, a book of fairy tales, and several works of literary history. She lives in Ontario, Canada. For further information and current news, go to www.EmmaDonoghue.com
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Hardback. Condition: Good. An inspired dance on the narrow and exhilarating cliff-edge of art.-THE WASHINGTON POST BOK WORLDEM M A D O N O G H U E, celebrated author of Slammerkin, vividlyanimates hidden scraps of the past in this remarkable collection. Anengraving of a woman giving birth to rabbits, a plague ballad, theologicalpamphlets, and an articulated skeleton are ingeniously fleshed outinto rollicking tales. Whether she's spinning the tale of a soldier trickedinto marrying a dowdy spinster, or a Victorian surgeon's attempts toimprove women, Donoghue fills us with the sights and smells of theperiod as she summons the ghosts of ordinary people, bringing them tounforgettable life in fiction. Sprightly prose. Transcends the usual limitations of historical fiction.-THE NEW YORK TIMES BOK REVIEWRemarkably vivid, inventive scenes give life to each storyand make the collection absorbing. -THE VILAGE VOICEEarthy, exhilarating tales. -ELE A SELECTION OF THE BOK-OF-THE-MONTH CLUBAND THE QUALITY PAPERBACK BOK CLUB EMA DONOGHUE, born in 1969, is an Irish novelist, playwright, and historian who lives in Canada. Her novelSlammerkin was named a notable book of the year by the NewYork Times and the Washington Post. Seller Inventory # 00098679578
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Hardback. Condition: Very Good. An inspired dance on the narrow and exhilarating cliff-edge of art.-THE WASHINGTON POST BOK WORLDEM M A D O N O G H U E, celebrated author of Slammerkin, vividlyanimates hidden scraps of the past in this remarkable collection. Anengraving of a woman giving birth to rabbits, a plague ballad, theologicalpamphlets, and an articulated skeleton are ingeniously fleshed outinto rollicking tales. Whether she's spinning the tale of a soldier trickedinto marrying a dowdy spinster, or a Victorian surgeon's attempts toimprove women, Donoghue fills us with the sights and smells of theperiod as she summons the ghosts of ordinary people, bringing them tounforgettable life in fiction. Sprightly prose. Transcends the usual limitations of historical fiction.-THE NEW YORK TIMES BOK REVIEWRemarkably vivid, inventive scenes give life to each storyand make the collection absorbing. -THE VILAGE VOICEEarthy, exhilarating tales. -ELE A SELECTION OF THE BOK-OF-THE-MONTH CLUBAND THE QUALITY PAPERBACK BOK CLUB EMA DONOGHUE, born in 1969, is an Irish novelist, playwright, and historian who lives in Canada. Her novelSlammerkin was named a notable book of the year by the NewYork Times and the Washington Post. Seller Inventory # 00100254677
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Hardback. Condition: Good. An inspired dance on the narrow and exhilarating cliff-edge of art.-THE WASHINGTON POST BOK WORLDEM M A D O N O G H U E, celebrated author of Slammerkin, vividlyanimates hidden scraps of the past in this remarkable collection. Anengraving of a woman giving birth to rabbits, a plague ballad, theologicalpamphlets, and an articulated skeleton are ingeniously fleshed outinto rollicking tales. Whether she's spinning the tale of a soldier trickedinto marrying a dowdy spinster, or a Victorian surgeon's attempts toimprove women, Donoghue fills us with the sights and smells of theperiod as she summons the ghosts of ordinary people, bringing them tounforgettable life in fiction. Sprightly prose. Transcends the usual limitations of historical fiction.-THE NEW YORK TIMES BOK REVIEWRemarkably vivid, inventive scenes give life to each storyand make the collection absorbing. -THE VILAGE VOICEEarthy, exhilarating tales. -ELE A SELECTION OF THE BOK-OF-THE-MONTH CLUBAND THE QUALITY PAPERBACK BOK CLUB EMA DONOGHUE, born in 1969, is an Irish novelist, playwright, and historian who lives in Canada. Her novelSlammerkin was named a notable book of the year by the NewYork Times and the Washington Post. Seller Inventory # CIN0151009376G
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