The Woman Who Gave Birth to Rabbits, Stories

Donoghue, Emma

ISBN 10: 0156027399 / ISBN 13: 9780156027397

Published by A Harvest Book. Harcourt, Inc., 2003

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Signed by author on half-title page.

Seller Inventory # 016004

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Woman Who Gave Birth to Rabbits, Stories
• Publisher: A Harvest Book. Harcourt, Inc.
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0156027399
• ISBN 13: 9780156027397
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: First Paperback Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: Very Good
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Fiction

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Synopsis

Donoghue finds her inspiration for these wry, robust tales in obscure scraps of historical records: an engraving of a woman giving birth to rabbits; a plague ballad; surgical case notes; theological pamphlets; an articulated skeleton. Here kings, surgeons, soldiers, and ladies of leisure rub shoulders with cross-dressers, cult leaders, poisoners, and arsonists.

Whether she's spinning the tale of an Irish soldier tricked into marrying a dowdy spinster, a Victorian surgeon's attempts to "improve" women, a seventeenth-century countess who ran away to Italy disguised as a man, or an "undead" murderess returning for the maid she left behind to be executed in her place, Emma Donoghue brings to her stories an "elegant, colorful prose filled with unforgettable sights, sounds and smells" (Elle). Here she summons the ghosts of those women who counted for nothing in their own day, but who come to unforgettable life in fiction.

About the Author

Born in Ireland, national bestselling author EMMA DONOGHUE spent many years in England and now lives in Canada. Her books include Room (basis for the Oscar-nominated film), Slammerkin, and The Pull of the Stars. Her novels have been translated into eight languages.