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The Juniper Tree

By Barbara Comyns

The Juniper Tree Contemporary literature

The Juniper Tree

By Barbara Comyns

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A modern reimagining of a classic fairy tale by one of most bewitching, idiosyncratic British writers of the twentieth century. Bella Winter has hit a low. Homeless and jobless, she is the mother of a toddler by a man whose name she didn't quite catch, and her once pretty face is disfigured by the scar she acquired in a car accident. Friendless and without family, she's recently disentangled herself from a selfish and indifferent boyfriend and a cruel and indifferent mother. But she shares a quality common to Barbara Comyns's other heroines: a bracingly unsentimental ability to carry on. Before too long, Bella has found not only a job but a vocation; not only a place to live but a home and a makeshift family. As Comyns's novel progresses, the story echoes and inverts the Brothers Grimm's macabre tale The Juniper Tree. Will Bella's hard-won restoration to life and love come at the cost of the happiness of others?
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
192
Release Date:
2018-01-23
Publication Date:
2018-01-23
Publisher:
New York Review of Books
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1681371316
ISBN13:
9781681371313
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
199 g
Height:
123 cm
Width:
203 cm
Thickness:
15 cm
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