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Item Details
Title:
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WOUNDS
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By: |
Maureen Duffy |
Format: |
Electronic book text |
List price:
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£9.99 |
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ISBN 10: |
1448190347 |
ISBN 13: |
9781448190348 |
Publisher: |
VINTAGE PUBLISHING |
Pub. date: |
14 November, 2013 |
Pages: |
192 |
Description: |
Kingy in her garden, 'loved by the most handsome women in the world'; Maura the barmaid: 'I prefer the little, thin men'; Glisten the Mayor: 'It'll be take-over time and too late'. This title includes these and the many other characters that illustrate the basic theme of the novel. |
Synopsis: |
Wounds begins with two lovers in bed. Their lovemaking throughout the book forms a recurring lietmotif, a counterpoint to the examination of the spiritual death of the characters.In a South London environment of pub and fairground, home and work, the wounds of 20th century experience are evoked in prose which is both lyrical and precise. Kingy in her garden, `loved by the most handsome women in the world'; Maura the barmaid: `I prefer the little, thin men'; Glisten the Mayor: `It'll be take-over time and too late' - these and the many other characters illustrate the basic theme of the novel. |
Publication: |
UK |
Imprint: |
Vintage Digital |
Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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