Ten Women Who Shook the World Stories |
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Author:
| Brownrigg, Sylvia |
ISBN: | 978-0-374-27289-0 |
Publication Date: | Jun 2000 |
Publisher: | Farrar, Straus & Giroux
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Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | USD $18.00 |
Book Description:
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A Cross a Series of Vivid, Untamed Landscapes Sylvia Brownrigg's characters wander in search of the obvious -- love, fame, a good recipe for canapes -- as well as the less obvious. In "Hussy from the West" the narrator undertakes a long erotic quest for satisfaction; in "The Bird Chick" a visionary organizes some unusual park inhabitants for a bold experiment in theater. In Sylvia Brownrigg's starkly original Ten Women Who Shook the World, wherever these maverick women travel, their...
More DescriptionA Cross a Series of Vivid, Untamed Landscapes Sylvia Brownrigg's characters wander in search of the obvious -- love, fame, a good recipe for canapes -- as well as the less obvious. In "Hussy from the West" the narrator undertakes a long erotic quest for satisfaction; in "The Bird Chick" a visionary organizes some unusual park inhabitants for a bold experiment in theater. In Sylvia Brownrigg's starkly original Ten Women Who Shook the World, wherever these maverick women travel, their bold, comical voices urge us to follow.