A Woman's Eye

Sara Paretsky

ISBN 10: 185381492X / ISBN 13: 9781853814921

Published by Virago, 1992

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: Esta extraordinaria colección de ficción de misterio contemporánea reúne a veintiún escritoras en torno al tema común del crimen. Las voces aquí incluyen a investigadoras profesionales que te llevan desde las peligrosas calles del Chicago de V.I. Warshawski en un caso de música y asesinato. hasta la autopista de California donde el querido VW de Kinsey Millhone patina en un tiroteo. hasta el territorio controlado por bandas de Sharon. Y luego están las madres, abuelas, esposas maltratadas y trabajadoras sociales: mujeres comunes en situaciones extraordinarias cuyas voces revelan la vida contemporánea vista a través de los ojos de una mujer. Desde el relato inicial de una chica arruinada en Londres y lo que roba de un cadáver. hasta la historia final de unas vacaciones de verano en Berkshires, completas con romance y muerte repentina. esta colección única nos ofrece una gran escritura de misterio que involucra tanto nuestro intelecto como nuestros corazones. EAN: 9781853814921 Tipo: Libros Categoría: Literatura y Ficción Título: A Woman's Eye Autor: Sara Paretsky Idioma: en Páginas: 449 Formato: tapa blanda.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Woman's Eye
• Publisher: Virago
• Publication Date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 185381492X
• ISBN 13: 9781853814921
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Aceptable

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Synopsis

Crime is common ground for the twenty-one women writers in this extraordinary collection of contemporary mystery fiction. The voices here include professional crime solvers who take you from the mean streets of V.I Warshawski's Chicago in a case of music and murder...to the California freeway where Kinsey Millhone's beloved VW skids into a shooting...to the gang-held turf of Sharon McCone's San Francisco, where an eyewitness to a slaying says mum's the word. And then there are mothers, grandmothers, battered wives, and social workers- ordinary women in extraordinary situations whose voices reveal contemporary life as seen through a woman's eye. From the opening tale of a girl down-and-out in London and what she steals from a corpse...to the final story of a summer vacation in the Berkshires, complete with romance and sudden death...this unique collection brings us great mystery writing that engages both our intellects and our hearts.

From the Publisher

"All new stories...all women writers...all female sleuths" --Booklist.

Crime is common ground for the twenty-one women writers in this extraordinary collection of contemporary mystery fiction. The voices here include professional crime solvers who take you from the mean streets of V.I. Warshawski's Chicago in a case of music and murder... to the California freeway where Kinsey Millhone's beloved VW skids into a shooting... to the gang-held turf of Sharon says mum's the word. And then there are mothers, grandmothers, battered wives, and social workers -- ordinary women in extraordinary situations whose voices reveal contemporary life as seen through a woman's eye. From the opening tale of a girl down-and-out in London and what she steals from a corpse... to the final story of a summer vacation in the Berkshires, complete with romance and sudden death... this unique collection brings us great mystery writing that engages both our intellects and our hearts.