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The Snow Ball de Brigid Brophy

The Snow Ball

Autor Brigid Brophy
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 5 noi 2020
When Anna is kissed by a mysterious stranger at a masquerade ball, a heady dance of seduction begins ... "So original and refreshing." -- Hilary Mantel "Brilliantly seductive ... A witty, sexy, sophisticated treat." -- Sarah Waters "Superb ... Sheer artistic insolence." -- Iris Murdoch "A great novel ... A swirling, sumptuous, sensual feast." -- Guardian "A feminist remodelling of libertine fervour and passion ... Fiction at its finest." -- Eley Williams London, New Year's Eve. Snow falls on a Georgian mansion, vibrating with the festivities of a masquerade ball within. Middle-aged divorcee Anna stands alone - until the clock chimes midnight and a mysterious figure kisses her on the mouth. Thus begins a dance of seduction charged by clandestine romances swirling around them, whipping the ball into an frenzy of operatic proportions - until the night climaxes, revealing unease beneath the glitter ... A scandalous sensation in 1964, Brigid Brophy's The Snow Ballis ripe to seduce a new generation of readers.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780571362875
ISBN-10: 0571362877
Pagini: 224
Dimensiuni: 126 x 197 x 16 mm
Greutate: 0.2 kg
Ediția:Main
Editura: FABER & FABER

Descriere

'Superb ... Sheer artistic insolence.' Iris Murdoch
'Brilliantly seductive ... A witty, sexy, sophisticated treat.' Sarah Waters

The scandalous 1960s cult classic with a foreword by Eley Williams: when Anna is kissed by a masked figure at a New Year's Eve masquerade ball, a heady dance of seduction begins.

London, New Year's Eve. Snow falls on a Georgian mansion, vibrating with the festivities of an eighteenth-century themed masquerade ball within. Middle-aged divorcee Anna stands alone, mourning her youth - until the clock chimes midnight and a mysterious masked figure kisses her on the mouth. Thus begins a heady dance of seduction charged by other clandestine romances swirling around them, whipping the ball into an erotic frenzy of operatic proportions - until the night climaxes, revealing unease beneath the glitter ...

A scandalous sensation in 1964, Brigid Brophy's The Snow Ball is a dazzling festive classic ripe to seduce a new generation of readers.

'A magical capering beast by a comet in her day.' Terry Castle

'A feminist remodelling of libertine fervour and passion ... Brophy's art is fiction at its finest.' Eley Williams

Notă biografică

Brigid Brophy (1929-1995) was a prize-winning British novelist, essayist, critic and political campaigner, championing gay marriage, pacifism, vegetarianism, prison reform and Public Lending Right. Her celebrated debut novel, Hackenfeller's Ape, was published in 1953. It was followed by many other acclaimed novels including The King of a Rainy Country, Flesh, The Finishing Touch, The Snow Ball and In Transit, as well as critical studies of Mozart, Aubrey Beardsley and Ronald Firbank, among other subjects. Brophy's marriage to art historian Michael Levey encompassed a thirteen-year relationship with Iris Murdoch. She died in 1995.