She-Clown, and Other Stories

She-Clown, and Other Stories
Hannah Vincent
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Paperback
h198 x 129mm - 176pg
26 Mar 2020 UK
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9781912408382
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Hannah Vincent' s short stories depict the ordinary and extraordinary lives of women coping with the demands of society, the demands of men, of their fellow women, of their own bodies. At the centre of each story is a woman engaged in an act of self-preservation. In one story, a young woman on the cusp of adulthood tries to express the horror and violence she perceives in the world around her. In another, a teenage mother struggles to look after her child in the face of her obsession with the baby' s father. One character experiences the freedom of the workplace while another perceives its constraints. One discovers how far her career has pushed her out to the margins of family life while another contemplates retirement. In the title story, a woman catches a whiff of what respect and reciprocal attraction feels like. Women in these stories are exhilarated to discover the joy and surprise of other women' s company, they make bold sexual choices and go on night-time excursions. As grandmothers they give their grandchildren unsuitable presents.
' Hannah Vincent' s stories are as minimal as Raymond Carver, and as clever as Raymond Carver: nothing is ever as it seems then you turn the page and are surprised again. ' Lisa Blower; ' Hannah Vincent practises a sort of believe-it-or-not deadpan surrealism to write about what really interests her-people, humanity, how we all get on, or get along or, in some cases, just get by. She-Clown is an excellent example. ' Nicholas Royle, editor of Best British Short Stories; ' Hannah Vincent writes tight, spares no words and pulls no punches. From clown paint to oesophageal frogs, her stories are often strange, always sharp and like to linger. ' Alice Slater; ' Hannah Vincent' s short stories are the fictional sisters of Judy Chicago' s epic feminist artwork, ' The Dinner Party' . The language, the worlds and the characters are glorious. I loved that each character felt like a deep and richly textured slice, each from a different and magnificent cake. ' Julia Crouch
HANNAH VINCENTis a novelist and playwright. She is the author of two novels, Alarm Girl (Myriad, 2014) and The Weaning (Salt, 2018), and her plays have been performed at the Royal Court, London and on BBC Radio 4. She graduated from the University of East Anglia and has a PhD in Creative and Critical Writing from the University of Sussex. She lives in Brighton, UK.
Status: Active
ISBN-13: 9781912408382
Published: 26 Mar 2020
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Myriad Editions
Publisher: Myriad Editions
Format: Paperback
Height: 198mm
Width: 129mm
Pages: 176

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