The Sea Lady by Margaret Drabble
The Sea Lady tells a story of first and last love, of evolution and the ebb and flow of time that gives shape to our lives
I have learned so much from Margaret Drabble's workHer prose is very beautiful, very funny, and 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
Marvellous . . . Utterly engrossing * * Guardian * *
The Sea Lady proves [Drabble] remains one of the most thought-provoking and intellectually challenging writers around * * Financial Times * *
Drabble excels at describing the minute detail of human behaviour . . . The Sea Lady is a potent tribute to lost dreams and harsh realities * * Independent * *
A pleasure to read . . . [Drabble's] generous and unsentimental truthfulness to the condition of childhood is very rare -- URSULA K. LE GUIN
A touch of magic * * New York Times * *
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
Marvellous . . . Utterly engrossing * * Guardian * *
The Sea Lady proves [Drabble] remains one of the most thought-provoking and intellectually challenging writers around * * Financial Times * *
Drabble excels at describing the minute detail of human behaviour . . . The Sea Lady is a potent tribute to lost dreams and harsh realities * * Independent * *
A pleasure to read . . . [Drabble's] generous and unsentimental truthfulness to the condition of childhood is very rare -- URSULA K. LE GUIN
A touch of magic * * New York Times * *
Dame Margaret Drabble was born in Sheffield in 1939 and was educated at Newnham College, Cambridge. She is the author of twenty highly acclaimed novels. 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 | 9781838859725 |
| ISBN 10 | 1838859721 |
| Title | The Sea Lady |
| Author | Margaret Drabble |
| Series | Canons |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Canongate Books |
| Year published | 2023-07-06 |
| Number of pages | 336 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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