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Afficher les exemplaires de cette édition ISBNThat saying? Behind every famous man . . . ? From Mrs Midas to Queen Kong, from Elvis s twin sister to Pygmalion s bride, they re all here, in Carol Ann Duffy s inspired and inspirational collection, The World s Wife. Witty and thought-provoking, this is a tongue-in-cheek, no-holds-barred look at the real movers and shakers across history, myth and legend. If you have ever wondered, for example, how exactly Darwin came up with his theory of evolution, or what, precisely, Frau Freud thought about her husband then this is the book for you, as the wives of the great, the good, the not so good, and the legendary are given a voice in Carol Ann Duffy s sparkling and inventive collection.
Carol Ann Duffy is a poet of skill, talent and great heart Erica Wagner
Duffy takes a cheeky, subversive, no-nonsense swipe with a dish clout at the famous men of history and myth. They don t have a chance in hell of dodging her quick-witted wallop as she relays their stories from their spouse s points of view The Times
Poignant, thoughtful, funny, rich and accessible Ruth Padel, Guardian, Books of the Year
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Description du livre Paperback. Etat : new. Paperback. What did Mrs Midas think? Or Queen Kong? Read all about it in Carol Ann Duffy's hugely successful, tender and entertaining collection."The World's Wife is a joyous, exuberant book of poems about women usually excluded from myth and history: wives such as Mrs Pilate, Mrs Aesop, Mrs Darwin, Mrs Faust, Frau Freud, Mrs Quasimodo; women usually defined by their men - Delilah, Anne Hathaway, Eurydice; and retellings of old stories in which the lead changes sex - Queen Kong, the Kray Sisters and Elvis' twin sister, the nun." (The Guardian) Poems of famous men - and the women who married them - by the Poet Laureate. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. N° de réf. du vendeur 9780330372220
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