Praxis - Couverture rigide

Weldon, Fay

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0340232951 ISBN 13 : 9780340232958

Editeur : Hodder & Stoughton Ltd, 1984

Synopsis

A novel which tells the story of a woman from childhood to adulthood, beginning in wartime Brighton and spanning forty years.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Raised by a mad mother and a half-mad sister, abandoned by her father, Praxis Duveen is a master of the art of survival. Her life, indeed, has been full: two marriages, unsuccessful; a brief but profitable career as a prostitute; a little dabbling in incest; a mercy killing; and an inadvertent reign as both apostle and victim of the women's movement.

Buffeted and battered by life, Praxis has survived with energy and humor intact. Her struggles with men and women, with mother and marriages, and most particularly, with herself, become, in Weldon's deft hands, a witty and trenchant commentary on what women want—and what they can actually get.

Revue de presse

"Weldon writes with elegance and drive, delivering sentences like pellets from a BB gun—wry, pithy, rapid-fire."
—Newsweek

"Dazzling—pointing up the mad underside of our sexual politics with a venomous accuracy for which wit is far too mild a word"
—The New York Times Book Review

"Weldon's most directly feminist novel ... A narrative that convinces, horrifies, and entertains"
—Library Journal

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
• Date d'édition: 1984
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0340232951
• ISBN 13: 9780340232958
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 256
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible