Girl Reading : A Novel by Katie Ward (2012, Hardcover, VERY GOOD)
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Type
- Novel
- ISBN
- 9781451655902
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Scribner
ISBN-10
1451655908
ISBN-13
9781451655902
eBay Product ID (ePID)
109048741
Product Key Features
Book Title
Girl Reading : a Novel
Number of Pages
352 Pages
Language
English
Topic
General, Literary, History / General
Publication Year
2012
Genre
Art, Fiction
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.2 in
Item Weight
15.8 Oz
Item Length
8.4 in
Item Width
5.6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Reviews
Book of the Week: "Katie Ward's assured debut is inspired by that mysterious and provocative subject of a thousand visual images: a woman reading . . . In each chapter Ward twists a story around real works of art. Her seven unpredictable tales serve up a lively, irreverent and even feminist journey through history. -- Time Out (London), Book of the Week: "This isn't a novel it's a time machine! Well, nearly. As each chapter transports you to a completely different century, you'll find yourself wondering if Ward has her very own Tardis รขโฌยฆ I guarantee the stories will relate to your own life in some way if you're planning to pack any holiday books this year, make sure Girl Reading is one of them." - Cosmopolitan (UK), "Girl Reading is a debut of rare individuality and distinction. Katie Ward inhabits each of her seven scenes, her seven eras, with a fluent and intuitive touch, and sentence by sentence, deft and mercurial, she surpasses the readers' expectations. What is set down on the page has a rich and allusive hinterland, so that the reader's imagination has a space to work, and what is unsaid has its own fascination. The writing is full of light and shadow, alive with fresh and startling perceptions." -Hilary Mantel, author of the Man Booker Prize winning Wolf Hall, "Girl Reading is a debut of rare individuality and distinction. Katie Ward inhabits each of her seven scenes, her seven eras, with a fluent and intuitive touch, and sentence by sentence, deft and mercurial, she surpasses the readers' expectations. What is set down on the page has a rich and allusive hinterland, so that the reader's imagination has a space to work, and what is unsaid has its own fascination. The writing is full of light and shadow, alive with fresh and startling perceptions." Hilary Mantel, author of the Man Booker Prize winning Wolf Hall, Book of the Week: "Katie Warde(tm)s assured debut is inspired by that mysterious and provocative subject of a thousand visual images: a woman reading . . . In each chapter Ward twists a story around real works of art. Her seven unpredictable tales serve up a lively, irreverent and even feminist journey through history. e" Time Out (London), "Ambitious in range and technically impressive...[ Girl Reading] is undoubtedly the work of a writer to watch." -- Kirkus, "Girl Reading is a debut of rare individuality and distinction. Katie Ward inhabits each of her seven scenes, her seven eras, with a fluent and intuitive touch, and sentence by sentence, deft and mercurial, she surpasses the readerse(tm) expectations. What is set down on the page has a rich and allusive hinterland, so that the readere(tm)s imagination has a space to work, and what is unsaid has its own fascination. The writing is full of light and shadow, alive with fresh and startling perceptions.e e"Hilary Mantel, author of the Man Booker Prize winning Wolf Hall, Book of the Week: "Katie Ward's assured debut is inspired by that mysterious and provocative subject of a thousand visual images: a woman reading . . . In each chapter Ward twists a story around real works of art. Her seven unpredictable tales serve up a lively, irreverent and even feminist journey through history. - Time Out (London), Book of the Week: "This isn't a novel - it's a time machine! Well, nearly. As each chapter transports you to a completely different century, you'll find yourself wondering if Ward has her very own Tardis ... I guarantee the stories will relate to your own life in some way - if you're planning to pack any holiday books this year, make sure Girl Reading is one of them." - Cosmopolitan (UK), Book of the Week: "This isn't a novel - it's a time machine! Well, nearly. As each chapter transports you to a completely different century, you'll find yourself wondering if Ward has her very own Tardis ... I guarantee the stories will relate to your own life in some way - if you're planning to pack any holiday books this year, make sure Girl Reading is one of them." -- Cosmopolitan (UK), "Girl Reading is a debut of rare individuality and distinction. Katie Ward inhabits each of her seven scenes, her seven eras, with a fluent and intuitive touch, and sentence by sentence, deft and mercurial, she surpasses the readers' expectations. What is set down on the page has a rich and allusive hinterland, so that the reader's imagination has a space to work, and what is unsaid has its own fascination. ย The writing is full of light and shadow, alive with fresh and startling perceptions." -Hilary Mantel, author of the Man Booker Prize winning Wolf Hall, Book of the Week: "This isn't a novel - it's a time machine! Well, nearly. As each chapter transports you to a completely different century, you'll find yourself wondering if Ward has her very own Tardis ... I guarantee the stories will relate to your own life in some way - if you're planning to pack any holiday books this year, make sure Girl Reading is one of them." ย -- Cosmopolitan (UK), Book of the Week: "This isne(tm)t a novel e" ite(tm)s a time machine! Well, nearly. As each chapter transports you to a completely different century, youe(tm)ll find yourself wondering if Ward has her very own Tardis e I guarantee the stories will relate to your own life in some way e" if youe(tm)re planning to pack any holiday books this year, make sure Girl Reading is one of them."e" Cosmopolitan (UK)
Synopsis
This "debut of rare individuality and distinction" (Hilary Mantel), told in seven chapters and peopled by girls and women caught in the act of reading, is a fascinating celebration of women in culture over the last seven centuries. Seven portraits. Seven artists. Seven girls and women reading. A young orphan poses nervously for a Renaissance maestro in medieval Siena. An artist's servant girl in seventeenth-century Amsterdam snatches a moment away from her work to lose herself in tales of knights and battles. An eighteenth century female painter completes a portrait of a deceased poetess for her lover. A Victorian medium poses with a book in one of the first photographic studios. A girl suffering her first heartbreak witnesses intellectual and sexual awakening during the Great War. A young woman reading in a bar catches the eye of a young man who takes her picture. And in the not-so-distant future a woman navigates the rapidly developing cyber-reality that has radically altered the way people experience art and the way they live. Each chapter of Katie Ward's kaleidoscopic novel takes us into a perfectly imagined tale of how each portrait came to be, and as the connections accumulate, the narrative leads us into the present and beyond. In gorgeous prose Ward explores our points of connection, our relationship to art, the history of women, and the importance of reading. This dazzlingly inventive novel that surprises and satisfies announces the career of a brilliant new writer.
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- u***i (550)- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthVerified purchaseQuick and easy purchase.
- e***k (290)- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthVerified purchaseAs described. Fast shipping. I recommend wrapping books in paper or bubble wrap to prevent damage to spine and covers.
- a***a (1019)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseA++ Transaction! Condition as described, good price, quick delivery. It was extraordinarily protectively, well-packed for shipping so it arrived in great shape. I will look to buy from this Seller again!The Great Tours : Ireland and Northern Ireland by Marc C. Conner (2020, PB/GOOD) (#395323774232)
- c***1 (622)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchase**** Excellent **** Cool item: Vintage Book! -- ๐ ๐ ๐๏ธ -- Book better than pictured and described. Prompt shipping in sturdy padded mailer and internal bubblewrap packaging. Shop with confidence. First-rate reliable seller. A+ through -&- through. Thank you! ๐๐ฏ -- Peace =โ๏ธโฎ๏ธ =Caribbean Style by Suzanne Slesin (1985, HARDCOVER, GOOD) (#394365425328)