A Day in the Life of a Smiling Woman: The Collected Stories (Penguin Modern Classics)

A Day in the Life of a Smiling Woman: The Collected Stories (Penguin Modern Classics)

by Margaret Drabble (Author)

Synopsis

Margaret Drabble is one of the major literary figures of her generation. In this collection of her complete short fiction from across four decades, she examines the intense private worlds and passions of everyday people. From one man's honeymooning epiphany in 'Hassan's Tower' to the journeying fantasies of 'A Voyage to Cythera', and from the sharp joy of 'The Merry Widow' to the bloody reality of the collection's title story, these are moving, witty and provocative tales, exploring cruel and loving relationships, social change and personal obsessions, and confirming her status as a leading practitioner of the art of the short story.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 256
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Published: 07 Jun 2012

ISBN 10: 0141196432
ISBN 13: 9780141196435

Media Reviews
Brims with sharply observed life and the author's seemingly infinite sympathy for ordinary women -- Joyce Carol Oates
Drabble writes so penetratingly about the female condition that it is impossible not to laugh, wince and admire -- Amanda Craig * New Statesman *
Author Bio
Margaret Drabble was born in 1939 in Sheffield, Yorkshire, the daughter of barrister and novelist John F. Drabble, and sister of novelist A.S. Byatt. She is the author of eighteen novels and eight works of non-fiction, including biographies of Arnold Bennett and Angus Wilson. In 1980, Margaret Drabble was made a CBE and in 2008 she was made DBE. She is married to the biographer Michael Holroyd, and lives in London and Somerset.