"Fiction springboarding from fact" is how Emma Donoghue describes the way in which, with this book and many of her others, she takes a real historical incident and spins a fiction from it. It's a format of fiction that seems to have become more and more prevalent in recent years: roman � clef, fictionalized biographies, historically accurate re-tellings, the non-fiction novel, etc., all have proliferated to the commonplace. Not that there's anything wrong with that! Here, the splendid Ms Donoghue gives us 17 fascinating little tales all inspired by snippets of history that she's stumbled upon. A short note at the beginning of each story provides some details of that original inspiration. A fine copy in fine dust jacket.

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Title: The Woman Who Gave Birth to Rabbits: Stories
Publisher: Harcourt, U.S.
Publication Date: 2002
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0151009376
ISBN 13: 9780151009374
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: 1st Edition
Condition: Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: Fine

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A rollicking collection of short stories depicts the bizarre sideshows of humanity lost to traditional history as seen through obscure scraps of historic records, from the tale of an Irish soldier who is tricked into marriage, to a seventeenth-century countess who ran away to Italy disguised as a man. 35,000 first printing.

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Emma Donoghue was born in Dublin in 1969 and earned her Ph.D. in eighteenth-century fiction at Cambridge. She is the author of three novels, a book of fairy tales, and several works of literary history. She lives in Ontario, Canada. For further information and current news, go to www.EmmaDonoghue.com

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