Furies: Stories of the Wicked, Wild and Untamed - Paperback

Furies: Stories of the Wicked, Wild and Untamed - Paperback

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Furies: Stories of the Wicked, Wild and Untamed - Paperback

Furies: Stories of the Wicked, Wild and Untamed - Paperback

$19.99
Sale price  $19.99 Regular price 

by Margaret Atwood (Author), Ali Smith (With), Emma Donoghue (With)

A fun and fearless anthology of feminist tales, by sixteen bestselling, award-winning writers.

'Wonderful . . . all killer, no filler' Red Magazine

'Dazzling stories, as inventive as they are inspiring' Daily Mirror

'Where power and feminist rage meet' Stylist

BANSHEE. DRAGON. TYGRESS. SHE-DEVIL. HUSSY. SIREN. WENCH. HARRIDAN. MUCKRAKER. SPITFIRE. VITUPERATOR. CHURAIL. TERMAGANT. FURY. WARRIOR. VIRAGO.

For centuries past, and all across the world, there are words that have defined and decried us. Words that raise our hackles, fire up our blood; words that tell a story. In this blazing cauldron of a book, sixteen bestselling, award-winning writers have taken up their pens and reclaimed these words, creating an entertaining and irresistible collection of feminist tales for our time.

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Banshee. Dragon. Tygress. She-Devil. Hussy. Siren. Wench. Harridan. Muckraker. Spitfire. Vituperator. Churail. Termagant. Fury. Warrior. Virago.

For centuries past, and all across the world, there are words that have defined and decried us. Words that raise our hackles, fire up our blood; words that tell a story.

In this blazing cauldron of a book, sixteen bestselling, award-winning writers have reclaimed these words, creating an entertaining and irresistible collection of feminist tales.

Including Kamila Shamsie's 'Churail', shortlisted for the BBC National Short Story Award.

'Dazzling stories, as inventive as they are inspiring' Daily Mirror

'All killer, no filler' Red Magazine

'Fizzing with energy, meaning and page-turner plots' Scotsman

Margaret Atwood
Susie Boyt
Eleanor Crewes
Emma Donoghue
Stella Duffy
Linda Grant
Annie Hodson
Claire Kohda
CN Lester
Kirsty Logan
Caroline O'Donoghue
Chibundu Onuzo
Helen Oyeyemi
Rachel Seiffert
Kamila Shamsie
Ali Smith

With an introduction by Sandi Toksvig

[Please note there is one new word for the paperback cover: Banshee
Please note there is one new name for the paperback cover: Annie Hodson]

Author Biography

Between them, the authors of Furies have published more than two hundred works, with numerous national and international bestsellers. They have won awards including the Booker Prize, Giller Prize, International Booker Prize, Goodreads Choice Awards Best Graphic Novels & Comics, Stonewall Book Award, Ferro-Grumley Award, Women's Prize for Fiction, Orange Prize, Betty Trask Award, PEN Open Book Award, Anisfield-Wolf Book Award for Fiction, Goldsmiths Prize, and Encore Award; and they have been nominated for countless others. Together, their books have sold millions worldwide.

Number of Pages: 304
Dimensions: 0.9 x 8.1 x 5.2 IN
Publication Date: August 13, 2024

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