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"...an heroi-cyclic novel"
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About the Author
Brigid Brophy (1929-1995) was an acclaimed novelist, essayist, critic and campaigner. Her fiction included Hackenfeller's Ape (1953), The King of a Rainy Country (1956), Flesh (1962), The Finishing Touch (1963), The Snow Ball (1964), In Transit (1969), The Adventures of God in His Search for the Black Girl (1971) and Palace without Chairs (1978). Her non-fiction included Black Ship to Hell (1962), Mozart the Dramatist (1964), two books about Aubrey Beardsley - Black and White (1968) and Beardsley and His World (1976), and Prancing Novelist: In Praise Of Ronald Firbank (1973). In 1954 she married the art historian Michael Levey (later the director of the British National Gallery from 1973-1987, knighted in 1981). The couple had one daughter, Kate. Brophy was a noted campaigner on several platforms, in particular her fight to establish an authors' Public Lending Right and her vice-presidency of the National Anti-Vivisection Society.
Christine Brooke-Rose, formerly a professor at the Universite de Paris, and now retired, lives in France. She is the author of several works of literary criticism and a number of novels, including Amalgamemnon and Xorander.
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This rather odd 1970 Irish outing calls itself a "heroi-cyclic novel." Protagonist Evelyn Hillary O'Rooley, having trouble deciding on her/his gender, undertakes a series of tests while waiting at the airport for a flight. Still on the avant-garde side.
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In transit : an heroi-cyclic novel / Brigid Brophy
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London : Macdonald & Co, 1969
ISBN 10: 0356028488
ISBN 13: 9780356028484
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First Edition. Near fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains well-preserved overall. Not price-clipped. Physical description; 230 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm. Subjects; Gender identity Fiction. Air travel Fiction. Airports Fiction. English fiction 20th century. 3 Kg. Seller Inventory # 454670
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In Transit
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MacDonald, 1969
ISBN 10: 0356028488
ISBN 13: 9780356028484
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Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Dust jacket creased w/ slight chipping at top and bottom edges of each panel, lightly age-toned, front flap creased; Black paper boards bumped on corners, gilt lettering bright; Pages lightly age-toned at edges, previous owner's signature on half title, no annotation; Binding tight. This is a scarce first edition copy of Brophy's 'In Transit', a witty and experimental novel about an androgynous protagonist's journey of self-discovery while stranded at an airport. ; 5.25 x 8"; 230 pages. Seller Inventory # 53207
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First Edition. Near fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains well-preserved overall. Not price-clipped. Physical description; 230 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm. Subjects; Gender identity Fiction. Air travel Fiction. Airports Fiction. English fiction 20th century. 1 Kg. Seller Inventory # 454670
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