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Veronica
Series: Serpent's Tail Classics
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Veronica
Beloved cult novel repackaged to join the Serpent's Tail Classics series.
Beloved cult novel repackaged to join the Serpent's Tail Classics series
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In this seductive and shattering novel, Alison and Veronica meet amid the nocturnal glamour of 1980s New York: one is a former modelling sensation, stumbling away from the wreck of her career, the other an eccentric middle-aged proofreader with a meticulous eye.
Over the next twenty years, their friendship will encompass narcissism and tenderness, exploitation and self-sacrifice, love and mortality. Moving seamlessly between the glamorous and gritty '80s, when beauty and style gave licence to excess, and the broken world of the decade's survivors twenty years later, Gaitskill casts a fierce yet compassionate eye on the two eras and their fixations.
Veronica masterfully evokes the fragility and mystery of human relationships in a world where love is rife with contradictions. Evocative, raw and entirely unique, Veronica was shortlisted for the prestigious 2005 National Book Award in the USA.
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Mary Gaitskill's Veronica is praised for its beautiful and astute writing that delves into deep and often uncomfortable emotions. The story is an uncompromising exploration of human relationships, balancing themes of beauty and ugliness. Critics highlight Gaitskill's formidable talent and the novel's poetic language, which offers powerful insights into the complexities of self and society.
Book Details
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ISBN: 9781781255926
Publisher: Profile Books Ltd
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 08 December 2016
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Serpent's Tail
Edition: Main - Classic edition
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 24.0mm
Width: 128.0mm
Height: 196.0mm
Weight: 197g
Pages: 272
About the Author
Mary Gaitskill is the author of the story collections Bad Behavior, Because They Wanted To (nominated for a PEN/Faulkner Award) and Don't Cry, and the novels Veronica (nominated for a National Book Award) and Two Girls, Fat and Thin. She has received a Guggenheim Fellowship, and her work has appeared in the New Yorker, Harper's, Esquire, The Best American Short Stories and the O. Henry Prize Stories.
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