Praxis - Couverture souple

Weldon, Fay

 
9780340253755: Praxis

Synopsis

RO60141098. PRAXIS. 1980. In-12. Broché. Etat d'usage, Couv. légèrement pliée, Dos plié, Intérieur acceptable. 283 pages. Envoi manuscrit de l'auteur en page de titre (Autograph).. . . . Classification Dewey : 97.2-Dédicace, envoi

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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

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