A Natural Curiosity by Margaret Drabble
The second in Margaret Drabble's trilogy, following The Radiant Way
I have learned so much from Margaret Drabble's workHer prose is very beautiful, very funny, and at the same time very serious -- SALLY ROONEY
Each of Margaret Drabble's novels has been an accurate, honest record of its time in the idiom of its time -- URSULA K. LE GUIN
Absorbing and thought-provoking * * The Sunday Times * *
A remarkable mixture of . . . compelling narrative, psychological insight, generous human portrayal, acute observation, humour, horror, beauty and disgust * * Times Literary Supplement * *
Confident and marvellously accomplished new novel * * London Review of Books * *
One of the most thought-provoking and intellectually challenging writers around * * Financial Times * *
One of our foremost women writers * * Guardian * *
One of the most versatile and accomplished authors of her generation * * New Yorker * *
The novels brim with sharply observed life and the author's seemingly infinite sympathy for "ordinary women" -- JOYCE CAROL OATES * * New Yorker * *
Each of Margaret Drabble's novels has been an accurate, honest record of its time in the idiom of its time -- URSULA K. LE GUIN
Absorbing and thought-provoking * * The Sunday Times * *
A remarkable mixture of . . . compelling narrative, psychological insight, generous human portrayal, acute observation, humour, horror, beauty and disgust * * Times Literary Supplement * *
Confident and marvellously accomplished new novel * * London Review of Books * *
One of the most thought-provoking and intellectually challenging writers around * * Financial Times * *
One of our foremost women writers * * Guardian * *
One of the most versatile and accomplished authors of her generation * * New Yorker * *
The novels brim with sharply observed life and the author's seemingly infinite sympathy for "ordinary women" -- JOYCE CAROL OATES * * New Yorker * *
Dame Margaret Drabble was born in Sheffield in 1939 and was educated at Newnham College, Cambridge. She is the author of eighteen highly acclaimed novels including The Millstone, The Peppered Moth and most recently The Pure Gold Baby. A Natural Curiosity is the second in a trilogy, preceded by The Radiant Way and followed by The Gates of Ivory. She has also written biographies, screenplays and was the editor of the Oxford Companion to English Literature. She was appointed CBE in 1980, and made DBE in the 2008 Honours list. She was also awarded the 2011 Golden PEN Award for a Lifetime's Distinguished Service to Literature. She is married to the biographer Michael Holroyd.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781838859718 |
| ISBN 10 | 1838859713 |
| Title | A Natural Curiosity |
| Author | Margaret Drabble |
| Series | Canons |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Canongate Books |
| Year published | 2023-07-06 |
| Number of pages | 320 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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