The Life and Loves of a She Devil - Couverture souple

Weldon, Fay

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0340589353 ISBN 13 : 9780340589359

Editeur : Sceptre, 1995

Synopsis

'ONE OF OUR VERY BEST WRITERS' Sunday Times

'A tour de force'
The Times

'Intoxicating'
Daily Telegraph

'Devilishly delightful'
New York Times Book Review

'Beautifully and compellingly written'
Sunday Express

'Audacious'
Times Literary Supplement

THE BESTSELLING CLASSIC TALE OF A WOMAN SCORNED, FROM A MUCH-LOVED BRITISH AUTHOR


Ruth Patchett never thought of herself as particularly devilish.

Rather the opposite in fact - simply a tall, not terribly attractive woman living a quiet life as a wife and mother in a respectable suburb. But when she discovers that her husband is having a passionate affair with the lovely romantic novelist Mary Fisher, she is so seized by envy that she becomes truly diabolic. Within weeks she has burnt down the family home, collected the insurance, made love to the local drunk and embarked on a course of destruction and revenge.

A blackly comic satire of the war of the sexes, The Life and Loves of a She Devil is the fantasy of the wronged woman made real.


PRAISE FOR FAY WELDON

'She's a Queen of Words'
Caitlin Moran

'A national treasure'
Literary Review

'The literary equivalent of a stiff drink, a dip in the Atlantic in January, a pep talk by a mildly sadistic coach'
New York Times

'Times have changed and Weldon is one of the people who have changed them'
The Times

'One of the great lionesses of modern English literature'
Harper's Bazaar

'Fay Weldon's voice is as unmistakeable as her acerbic wit'
Financial Times

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Fay Weldon (1931-2023) was a renowned novelist, playwright, critic and scriptwriter. Her first novel, The Fat Woman's Joke, was published in 1967 and she published 38 more novels after that, including the widely acclaimed and bestselling The Life and Loves of a She-Devil, which has been adapted for screen, television and radio. She also wrote seven collections of short stories and several works of non-fiction, including her autobiography Auto Da Fay. In 2001 she was awarded a CBE for services to literature.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

The bestselling classic tale of a woman scorned, from a much-loved British author.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Sceptre
• Date d'édition: 1995
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0340589353
• ISBN 13: 9780340589359
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 256
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Van Ditmar Boeken, VDB Sales; sales@vanditmar.nl; ; Hondiuslaan 44; Utrecht; 3528 AB; Pays-Bas