The Stain - Hardcover

Ducornet, Rikki

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0701127600 ISBN 13: 9780701127602

Publisher: Chatto & Windus, 1984

Synopsis

A comic novel depicts a young woman's struggle to overcome her sinfulness in 19th century rural France

About this title

About the Author:

Rikki Ducornet was born in New York and has lived in North Africa, South America, Canada and France. Her work as an illustrator first came to the attention of the Canadian book trade in 1974 with the publication of Susan Musgrave's "Gullband". In 1983, the Porcupine's Quill commissioned Rikki to illustrate an edition of Jorge Luis Borges' "Tlon, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius".

Rikki is the author of three short-story collections, seven books of poetry, and seven novels, including "The Fan-Maker's Inquisition" and "The Jade Cabinet". She is also a painter whose work has been exhibited widely. She currently lives in Denver, Colorado.

Review:

"A bold, Rabelaisian mixture of bawdy and horror, this first novel... is highly recommended." -- Library Journal

"A highly disciplined extravaganza.... The writing is highly impressive." -- Times Literary Supplement

"This is the most brilliant first novel I have read in years.... Rikki Ducornet's real talent is for language. She is a minor lord or lady of it, achieving abstruse comic effects by a kind of clowning classicism. The Stain is a very odd, accomplished and memorable novel by any standards." -- Robert Nye, The Guardian

About this edition

• Publisher: Chatto & Windus
• Publication date: 1984
• ISBN 10: 0701127600
• ISBN 13: 9780701127602
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 191