The Snow Ball by Brigid Brophy

The Snow Ball by Brigid Brophy

The scandalous cult classic with a new foreword by Eley Williams: when Anna is kissed by a masked figure at a New Year's Eve masquerade ball, a heady dance of seduction begins.

Brigid Brophy (1929-1995) was a prize-winning British novelist, essayist, critic and political campaigner, championing gay marriage, pacifism, vegetarianism, prison reform and Public Lending Right. Her celebrated debut novel, Hackenfeller's Ape, was published in 1953. It was followed by many other acclaimed novels including The King of a Rainy Country, Flesh, The Finishing Touch, The Snow Ball and In Transit, as well as critical studies of Mozart, Aubrey Beardsley and Ronald Firbank, among other subjects. Brophy's marriage to art historian Michael Levey encompassed a thirteen-year relationship with Iris Murdoch. She died in 1995

Eley Williams lectures at Royal Holloway, University of London. Her short story collection Attrib. and Other Stories won the James Tait Black Prize and the Republic of Consciousness Prize and was longlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize. Her debut novel, The Liar's Dictionary, was published in July 2020.

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ISBN 13	9780571362875
ISBN 10	0571362877
Title	The Snow Ball
Author	Brigid Brophy
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Faber & Faber
Year published	2020-11-05
Number of pages	224
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