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Women Fly When Men Aren't Watching: Short Stories

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For twenty years Sara Maitland, one of Britain's most acclaimed writers, has chronicled the imaginative and actual concerns of women's lives shaped by feminism in a series of stunning short stories and novels.

The breadth of her interests and inspiration are brilliantly displayed in this gathering of tales old and new: from folkstories in 'Truth North' to classical mythology in 'Cassandra'; from historical incident in 'Forceps Delivery' to Christian heroines like Perpetua in 'Requiem'. And as she intertwines the everyday and the inexplicable to witty or disquieting effect in 'Apple Picking' and 'The Loveliness of the Long Distance Runner', her wildest flights of fantasy remain anchored in a consciousness of the oppression of women, overlaid with a wickedly ironic humour.

Language: English

Pages: 191

Format: Hardcover

Release: June 30, 1992

ISBN 13: 9781853815591

Women Fly When Men Aren't Watching: Short Stories

0/5 ( ratings)

For twenty years Sara Maitland, one of Britain's most acclaimed writers, has chronicled the imaginative and actual concerns of women's lives shaped by feminism in a series of stunning short stories and novels.

The breadth of her interests and inspiration are brilliantly displayed in this gathering of tales old and new: from folkstories in 'Truth North' to classical mythology in 'Cassandra'; from historical incident in 'Forceps Delivery' to Christian heroines like Perpetua in 'Requiem'. And as she intertwines the everyday and the inexplicable to witty or disquieting effect in 'Apple Picking' and 'The Loveliness of the Long Distance Runner', her wildest flights of fantasy remain anchored in a consciousness of the oppression of women, overlaid with a wickedly ironic humour.

Language: English

Pages: 191

Format: Hardcover

Release: June 30, 1992

ISBN 13: 9781853815591

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