Librerías
Leer primeras páginas 📗 Libro en inglés AFTER SAPPHO
SELBY WYNN SCHWARTZ
GALLEY PRESS- 9781913111397
Sinopsis de AFTER SAPPHO
LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2022 INDEPENDENT BOOK OF THE YEAR
GUARDIANBOOK OF THE YEAR | NEW STATESMAN BOOK OF THE YEAR | BBC BOOK OF THE YEAR
It's 1895. Amid laundry and bruises, Rina Pierangeli Faccio gives birth to the child of the man who raped her - and who she has also been forced to marry. Unbroken, she determines to change her name; and her life, alongside it.
1902. Romaine Brooks sails for Capri. She has barely enough money for the ferry, nothing for lunch; her paintbrushes are bald and clotted... But she is sure she can sell a painting - and is fervent in her belief that the island is detached from all fates she has previously suffered.
In 1923, Virginia Woolf writes: I want to make life fuller - and fuller.
Sarah Bernhardt - Colette - Eleanora Duse - Lina Poletti - Josephine Baker... these are just a few of the women sharing the pages of a novel as fierce as it is luminous. Lush and poetic; furious and funny; in After Sappho, Selby Wynn Schwartz has created a novel that celebrates the women and trailblazers of the past - their constant efforts to push against the boundaries of what it means, and can mean, to be a woman - that also offers hope for our present, and our futures.
GUARDIANBOOK OF THE YEAR | NEW STATESMAN BOOK OF THE YEAR | BBC BOOK OF THE YEAR
It's 1895. Amid laundry and bruises, Rina Pierangeli Faccio gives birth to the child of the man who raped her - and who she has also been forced to marry. Unbroken, she determines to change her name; and her life, alongside it.
1902. Romaine Brooks sails for Capri. She has barely enough money for the ferry, nothing for lunch; her paintbrushes are bald and clotted... But she is sure she can sell a painting - and is fervent in her belief that the island is detached from all fates she has previously suffered.
In 1923, Virginia Woolf writes: I want to make life fuller - and fuller.
Sarah Bernhardt - Colette - Eleanora Duse - Lina Poletti - Josephine Baker... these are just a few of the women sharing the pages of a novel as fierce as it is luminous. Lush and poetic; furious and funny; in After Sappho, Selby Wynn Schwartz has created a novel that celebrates the women and trailblazers of the past - their constant efforts to push against the boundaries of what it means, and can mean, to be a woman - that also offers hope for our present, and our futures.
Books in English for every reader
Ready to explore new worlds? Dive into our books in English.
.webp)
Ficha técnica
Editorial: Galley Press
ISBN: 9781913111397
Idioma: Inglés
Encuadernación: Tapa blanda
Fecha de lanzamiento: 13/07/2023
Especificaciones del producto
Opiniones sobre AFTER SAPPHO
¡Sólo por opinar entras en el sorteo mensual de tres tarjetas regalo valoradas en 20€*!