{"product_id":"the-woman-who-gave-birth-to-rabbits-stories-paperback","title":"The Woman Who Gave Birth to Rabbits: Stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEmma Donoghue\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDonoghue finds her inspiration for these wry, robust tales in obscure scraps of historical records: an engraving of a woman giving birth to rabbits; a plague ballad; surgical case notes; theological pamphlets; an articulated skeleton. Here kings, surgeons, soldiers, and ladies of leisure rub shoulders with cross-dressers, cult leaders, poisoners, and arsonists. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhether she's spinning the tale of an Irish soldier tricked into marrying a dowdy spinster, a Victorian surgeon's attempts to \"improve\" women, a seventeenth-century countess who ran away to Italy disguised as a man, or an \"undead\" murderess returning for the maid she left behind to be executed in her place, Emma Donoghue brings to her stories an \"elegant, colorful prose filled with unforgettable sights, sounds and smells\" (\u003ci\u003eElle\u003c\/i\u003e). Here she summons the ghosts of those women who counted for nothing in their own day, but who come to unforgettable life in fiction.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn inspired dance on the narrow and exhilarating cliff-edge of art.\u003cbr\u003e-THE WASHINGTON POST BOOK WORLD\u003cbr\u003eEM M A D O N O G H U E, celebrated author of Slammerkin, vividly\u003cbr\u003eanimates hidden scraps of the past in this remarkable collection. An\u003cbr\u003eengraving of a woman giving birth to rabbits, a plague ballad, theological\u003cbr\u003epamphlets, and an articulated skeleton are ingeniously fleshed out\u003cbr\u003einto rollicking tales. Whether she's spinning the tale of a soldier tricked\u003cbr\u003einto marrying a dowdy spinster, or a Victorian surgeon's attempts to\u003cbr\u003e\"improve\" women, Donoghue fills us with the sights and smells of the\u003cbr\u003eperiod as she summons the ghosts of ordinary people, bringing them to\u003cbr\u003eunforgettable life in fiction. \u003cbr\u003e\"Sprightly prose. Transcends the usual limitations of historical fiction.\"\u003cbr\u003e-THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW\u003cbr\u003e\"Remarkably vivid, inventive scenes give life to each story\u003cbr\u003eand make the collection absorbing.\" -THE VILLAGE VOICE\u003cbr\u003e\"Earthy, exhilarating tales.\" -ELLE \u003cbr\u003eA SELECTION OF THE BOOK-OF-THE-MONTH CLUB\u003cbr\u003eAND THE QUALITY PAPERBACK BOOK CLUB \u003cbr\u003eEMMA DONOGHUE, born in 1969, is an Irish novelist, \u003cbr\u003eplaywright, and historian who lives in Canada. Her novel\u003cbr\u003eSlammerkin was named a notable book of the year by the New\u003cbr\u003eYork Times and the Washington Post. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.66 x 8.54 x 5.63 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 01, 2003\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51762747441440,"sku":"9780156027397","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/1d1588192a74d6edbd63118b651919e2.webp?v=1780225085","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-woman-who-gave-birth-to-rabbits-stories-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}