THE BESTSELLLING CLASSIC OF SIXTIES LONDON'Touching, truthful and fresh - a tour de force' MARGARET DRABBLE'Hilarious, heartbreaking' PARIS REVIEW'Her art is ignited by voice' ALI SMITH, GUARDIAN'Exuberantly alive' SUNDAY TIMESTo think when I was a kid I planned to conquer the world and if anyone saw me now they'd say, 'She's had a rough n...

Nobody writes like Nell Dunn... always communally, with rare honesty, with love, and with calm and ground-breaking understanding... It's glorious.Ali SmithThe Muse is all it could be; an act of sharing that goes beyond particular experience to take us to a happy realm of natural sisterhood.TLSNell Dunn has perfect pitch for the words we use and for the loves and myste...

WINNER OF THE JOHN LLEWELLYN RHYS MEMORIAL PRIZE'Her art is ignited by voice, as you hear it, is unquestionable' ALI SMITH, GUARDIAN'Distinctive, pared-down style' DAVID EVANS, INDEPENDENT**'Unflinching look at the lives of working-class women' DAILY MAILNell Dunn's scenes of London life, as it was lived in the early Sixties in the industrial slums of Battersea, h...

The Muse is the story of a female friendship, one that shaped both author and subject over decades.'Witty, anarchic, and sexually frank'Ali Smith on Talking to Women (1965)The Muse is the story of a life-changing friendship. It starts with Nell's account of a chance meeting with Josie at the age of 22.Josie teaches her how to live for moment, how to have adventures and find the swee...

Por primera vez en castellano, recuperamos a una autora fundamental de la literatura británica de los sesenta. Enmarcado en el género conocido como « kitchen sink», que cultivaron autores y autoras como John Osborne, Shelagh Delaney o Alan Sillitoe, en En la encrucijada ( Up the Junction), su primer libro, Nell Dunn relata a partir de breves pero intensas escenas interconectadas y de un realismo descarnado la vida de tres jóvenes trabajadoras de una fábrica de bo...

'Make this your next inspirational read. Trust us, it's Oprah's Book Club worthy' ViceIn London in 1958, a play by a 19-year-old redefined women's writing in Britain. It also began a movement that would change women's lives forever. The play was A Taste of Honey and the author, Shelagh Delaney, was the first in a succession of young women who wrote about their lives with an honesty that dazzled the world. They rebelled against sexism, inequality a...

What defines Boston? Its history? Its landmarks? Its sports teams and shrines?Perhaps the question should be, who defines Boston? From Henry David Thoreau to Dennis Lehane, Boston has been beloved by many of America's greatest writers, and there is no better group of men and women to capture the heart and soul of the Hub. In Our Boston, editor Andrew Blauner has collected both original and reprinted essays from Boston-area writers past and present, all celebrating the city...