Virginia Woolf in Manhattan by Maggie Gee
What if Virginia Woolf came back to life in the twenty-first century? Bestselling author Angela Lamb is going through a mid-life crisis. She dumps her irrepressible daughter Gerda at boarding school and flies to New York to pursue her passion for Woolf, whose manuscripts are held in a private collection. When a bedraggled Virginia Woolf herself materialises among the bookshelves and is promptly evicted, Angela, stunned, rushes after her on to the streets of Manhattan. Soon she is chaperoning her troublesome heroine as Virginia tries to understand the internet and scams bookshops with 'rare signed editions'. Then Virginia insists on flying with Angela to Istanbul, where she is surprised by love and steals the show at an international conference on - Virginia Woolf. Meanwhile, Gerda, ignored by her mother for days, has escaped from school and set off in hot pursuit. Virginia Woolf in Manhattan is a witty and profound novel about female rivalry, friendships, mothers and daughters, and the miraculous possibilities of a second chance at life.
'I love the work of Maggie Gee: wickedly smart, funny and fearless, plus that rarest of all things, genuinely surprisingRead her' Patrick Ness 'Gee does a terrific (and puckishly poetic) job with Woolf's wit and acuity, her hoots of laughter and sudden fadings of joy - Wickedly funny - this novel contains lines that sparkle' Sunday Telegraph 'This giddily playful novel from Maggie Gee is a cunning what if: what if Virginia Woolf were to suddenly reappear in a library in modern-day Manhattan? ... [This is] a gloriously funny, fleet-footed novel about the relationships between women and the ways literary heroes live on in our imaginations.' Metro 'Audacious, playful and dazzlingly written.' The Herald 'Brilliant - An impossible premise is turned into a wholly convincing novel, which is moving and clever, but most often is simply funny - Gee writes about Woolf with wit and affection' Shiny New Books
Maggie Gee obe is the author of eleven acclaimed novels, including The White Family (shortlisted for the Orange and IMPAC prizes), and a memoir, My Animal Life. She is a Fellow and Vice-President of the Royal Society of Literature and Professor of Creative Writing at Bath Spa University.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781846591884 |
| ISBN 10 | 1846591880 |
| Title | Virginia Woolf in Manhattan |
| Author | Maggie Gee |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Saqi Books |
| Year published | 2014-05-22 |
| Number of pages | 476 |
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