A Day in the Life of a Smiling Woman: The Collected Stories
by Drabble, Margaret
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- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good /Very Good
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Eastbourne, East Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Penguin Books. Bound in perfect blue cloth, with bright, gilt titles to spine, this 2011 hardback First Edition is VG in VG wrapper (unclipped). Signed and inscribed as follows: "For Claire, Margaret Drabble". XX11/223pp with Introduction Notes on Text. and 13 Stories. Clean endpapers, sound/tight binding: all VG . Very Good. Hardback. First Edition. 2011.
Synopsis
Margaret Drabble’s novels have illuminated the past fifty years, especially the changing lives of women, like no others. Yet her short fiction has its own unique brilliance. Her penetrating evocations of character and place, her wide-ranging curiosity, her sense of irony—all are on display here, in stories that explore marriage, female friendships, the English tourist abroad, love affairs with houses, peace demonstrations, gin and tonics, cultural TV programs; in stories that are perceptive, sharp, and funny. An introduction by the Spanish academic José Fernández places the stories in the context of her life and her novels. This collection is a wonderful recapitulation of a masterly career.
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- Bookseller
- Camillas Bookshop
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0012215
- Title
- A Day in the Life of a Smiling Woman: The Collected Stories
- Author
- Drabble, Margaret
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2011
- Keywords
- Signed Margaret Drabble 1st Edition
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Camillas Bookshop
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Eastbourne, East Sussex
About Camillas Bookshop
Camilla's Bookshop is a large secondhand and antiquarian bookstore situated in the resort town of Eastbourne.We have more than 500,000 books in all categories. Our specialities include: armed forces, transport, travel, politics, history, literature (several thousand novels including modern firsts), religion, esoteric & occult and art.Shop hours are 10:00 - 17:00, excepting Sundays and Bank Holidays.Unfortunately, we do not ship to Denmark.
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