Paper Houses by Michele Roberts
* 'A masterpeice' Kathryn Hughes. * Now out in paperback
** 'She is the eternal female vagabond, somewhere between the gypsy and the lunatic, with the freedom, pain and visionary nature of both * AMANDA CRAIG, DAILY TELEGRAPH *
** 'Told from the perspective of an intelligent woman with acute powers of observationHer writing is vivid and sardonic by turns, the period brought to life with accounts of clothes and meals, whose importance Roberts (unlike many other writers) has alw * JOAN SMITH, INDEPENDENT *
** 'Roberts's sensuous, uninhibited, often beautiful writing is filled with lush and lavish descriptions of food and places and people and love affairs. * JESSICA MANN, LITERARY REVIEW *
** 'The 12 novels she has produced... are remarkable imaginings of houses and landscapes and the desire for aquisition. This beguiling memoir travels the rootlessness that inspired them. * PENNY PERRICK, SUNDAY TIMES *
** 'Told from the perspective of an intelligent woman with acute powers of observationHer writing is vivid and sardonic by turns, the period brought to life with accounts of clothes and meals, whose importance Roberts (unlike many other writers) has alw * JOAN SMITH, INDEPENDENT *
** 'Roberts's sensuous, uninhibited, often beautiful writing is filled with lush and lavish descriptions of food and places and people and love affairs. * JESSICA MANN, LITERARY REVIEW *
** 'The 12 novels she has produced... are remarkable imaginings of houses and landscapes and the desire for aquisition. This beguiling memoir travels the rootlessness that inspired them. * PENNY PERRICK, SUNDAY TIMES *
Michele Roberts, poet and short-story writer, reviewer and broadcaster, is the author of many novels, including the prize-winning Daughters of the House. She is now Professor of Creative Writing at University of East Anglia.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781844084081 |
| ISBN 10 | 1844084086 |
| Title | Paper Houses |
| Author | Michele Roberts |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Year published | 2008-07-03 |
| Number of pages | 352 |
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