The Woman Who Gave Birth To Rabbits, 9781860499548
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Grave-robbing history births strange, compelling fictions from forgotten British lives.

The Woman Who Gave Birth To Rabbits

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  • Paperback

    224 pages

  • Release Date

    23 July 2002

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Summary

Whispers from History: Tales of the Forgotten

The Woman Who Gave Birth to Rabbits is a collection of fictions woven with threads of truth. Over the past decade, captivating historical fragments have sparked stories that demanded to be told.

Drawing from the remnants of seven centuries of British and Irish life—surgical notes, trial transcripts, plague ballads, theological writings, a painting of girls in a garden, an articulated skeleton—these tales resurrect ghosts…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781860499548
ISBN-10:1860499546
Author:Emma Donoghue
Publisher:Little, Brown Book Group
Imprint:Virago Press Ltd
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:224
Release Date:23 July 2002
Weight:180g
Dimensions:196mm x 130mm x 16mm
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Critics Review

PRAISE FOR”THE WOMAN WHO GAVE BIRTH TO RABBITS”“An inspired dance on the narrow and exhilarating cliff-edge of art.”–“The Washington Post”“Through [Donoghue’s] colorful detail we see, hear and smell the poignant episodes in these complex, but ordinary, lives.”–“USA Today”PRAISE FOR “THE WOMAN WHO GAVE BIRTH TO RABBITS” “An inspired dance on the narrow and exhilarating cliff-edge of art.”–“The Washington Post” “Through [Donoghue’s] colorful detail we see, hear and smell the poignant episodes in these complex, but ordinary, lives.”–“USA Today”

About The Author

Emma Donoghue

Emma Donoghue is an Irish novelist, playwright and historian. Her second novel HOOD won the American Library Association Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Award in 1997. She is currently adapting her novel STIR-FRY for Horizonline Films (Ireland).

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