The Woman Who Gave Birth to Rabbits: Stories
255 pages
|Published: 1 Jan 2002
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ISBN: 9780156027397
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Harvest Books
Publication date: 1 June 2003
Description
Emma Donoghue, celebrated author of Slammerskin, vividly animates hidden scraps of the past in this remarkable collection. An engraving of a woman giving birth to rabbits, a plague ballad, theological pamphlets, and an articulated skeleton are ingeniously fleshed out into rollicking tales. Whether she's spinning the tale of a soldier tricked into marrying a dowdy spinster, or a Victorian surgeon's attempts to "improve" women, Donoghue fills us with the sights and smells of the period as she summons the ghosts of ordinary people, bringing them to unforgettable life in fiction.
