$40.50
- Hardcover
288 pages
- Release Date
12 January 2021
Summary
‘Engaging, modern fables with a feminist tang’ Sunday Times
DARK, POTENT AND UNCANNY, HAG BURSTS WITH THE UNTOLD STORIES OF OUR ISLES, CAPTURED IN VOICES AS VARIED AS THEY ARE VIVID.
Here are sisters fighting for the love of the same woman, a pregnant archaeologist unearthing impossible bones and lost children following you home. A panther runs through the forests of England and pixies prey upon violent men.
From the islands of Scotland to the coast of Cornwal…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780349013596 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0349013594 |
| Author: | Daisy Johnson, Kirsty Logan, Emma Glass, Eimear McBride, Natasha Carthew, Mahsuda Snaith, Naomi Booth, Liv Little, Imogen Hermes Gowar, Irenosen Okojie |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Virago Press Ltd |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 12 January 2021 |
| Weight: | 440g |
| Dimensions: | 218mm x 138mm x 34mm |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
Engaging, modern fables with a feminist tang
Engaging, modern fables with a feminist tang - Sunday Times
A thoroughly original package that had a hint of Angela Carter - The Times T2
Sharp writing and cleverly done - Spectator
Relevant and intriguing - New Statesman
It’s easy to get lost in the stories from diverse voices - Guardian
Simply and beautifully executed - Observer
Freshly feminist - Esquire
A series of rich and peculiar little worlds - TLS
About The Author
Daisy Johnson
Irenosen Okojie is a Nigerian British writer. Her debut novel Butterfly Fish won a Betty Trask award and was shortlisted for an Edinburgh International First Book Award. Her work has been featured in The New York Times, the Observer, the Guardian, the BBC and the Huffington Post amongst other publications. Her short story collection Speak Gigantular , published by Jacaranda Books, was shortlisted for the Edgehill Short Story Prize, the Jhalak Prize, the Saboteur Awards and nominated for a Shirley Jackson Award. She was recently inducted as a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature as one of the Forty Under Forty initiative.
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