After Sappho
Schwartz, Selby Wynn, 1975-2022
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It's 1895. Amid laundry and bruises, Rina Pierangeli Faccio gives birth to the child of the man who raped her - and who she has also been forced to marry. Unbroken, she determines to change her name; and her life, alongside it. 1902. Romaine Brooks sails for Capri. She has barely enough money for the ferry, nothing for lunch; her paintbrushes are bald and clotted. But she is sure she can sell a painting - and is fervent in her belief that the island is detached from all fates she has previously suffered. In 1923, Virginia Woolf writes: I want to make life fuller - and fuller. Told in a series of cascading vignettes, featuring a multitude of voices, After Sappho is Selby Wynn Schwartz's joyous reimagining of the lives of a brilliant group of feminists, sapphists, artists and writers in the late 19th and early 20th century as they battle for control over their lives; for liberation and for justice.
Main title:
After Sappho / Selby Wynn Schwartz.
Author:
Schwartz, Selby Wynn, 1975-, author
Imprint:
Melbourne, Australia ; Wurundjerie Country : Text Publishing, 2022.©2022
Collation:
277 pages ; 24 cm.
ISBN:
97819224586129781922458612
Dewey class:
813.6
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
521967
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brighton Library | Adult Fiction - General | SCHW | Available |