Mars-Jones, Adam. “Mrs Winterson’s Daughter”. London Review of Books, Vol.
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, No. 2, pp. 3-8. 3
Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
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Anthologization | Hilary Mantel | With many others including Charlotte Bingham
, Edwina Currie
, Helen Dunmore
, Nicci Gerrard
, Wendy Holden
, David Lodge
, Val McDermid
, Joanna Trollope
, Lynne Truss
, and Salley Vickers
,... |
Friends, Associates | Jeanette Winterson | JW
was a neighbour and friend of Adam Mars-Jones
in the 1980s. Mars-Jones, Adam. “Mrs Winterson’s Daughter”. London Review of Books, Vol. 34 , No. 2, pp. 3-8. 3 |
Literary responses | Fay Weldon | The book, considered uncharacteristic of FW
's writing, received mixed reviews. Nicci Gerrard
, in The Observer, considered the characters thin, the plot maniacal and unreal, and the dialogue brisk and bleak. Gerrard commented... |
Literary responses | Jeanette Winterson | Reviewers were not enthusiastic about this novel: JW
herself said they were eager to pounce. Wachtel, Eleanor, editor. “Jeanette Winterson”. More Writers and Company: New Conversations with CBC Radio’s Eleanor Wachtel, Vintage Canada, pp. 136-49. 137 |
Literary responses | Angela Carter | |
Reception | Angela Carter | Nights at the Circus, which was long-listed for the Booker Prize, remains AC
's best known work. Gamble, Sarah. Angela Carter. A Literary Life. Palgrave Macmillan. 1 Lee, Alison. Angela Carter. Twayne. 93 |
Residence | Sue Townsend | ST
lived for all of her life in Leicester. Nicci Gerrard
remembered her house there as crammed with objects, paintings on every wall, flowers in jugs, plants in pots, bowls and cups and knick-knacks... |
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