'Vivid, bawdy and bitter' THE TIMES
'A first-rate first novel . . . pungent, raunchy dialogue . . . passages of fine understated wit' IVAN GOLD, NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW
Pat Barker's first novel shows the women of Union Street, young and old, meeting the harsh challeges of poverty and survival in a precarious world.
There's Kelly, at eleven, neglected and independent, dealing with a squalid rape; Dinah, knocking on sixty and still on the game; Joanne, not yet twenty, not yet married and already pregnant. Old Alice is welcoming her impending death whilst Muriel helplessly watches the decline of her stoical husband.
And linking them all, watching over them all, mother to half the street, is fiery, indomitable Iris.
| ISBN: | 9780860682837 |
| Publication date: | 13th May 1982 |
| Author: | Pat Barker |
| Publisher: | Virago an imprint of Little, Brown |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 288 pages |
| Series: | Virago Modern Classics |
| Genres: |
Classic fiction: general and literary Narrative theme: Coming of age Narrative theme: Interior life Family Drama Historical Fiction |
'Vivid, bawdy and bitter' THE TIMES 'A first-rate first novel . . . pungent, raunchy dialogue . . . passages of fine understated wit' IVAN GOLD, NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW Pat Barker's first novel shows the women of Union Street, young and old, meeting the harsh challeges of poverty and survival in a precarious world.There's Kelly, at eleven, neglected and independent, dealing with a squalid rape; Dinah, knocking on sixty and still on the game; Joanne, not yet twenty, not yet married and already pregnant. Old Alice is welcoming her impending death whilst Muriel helplessly watches the decline of her stoical husband.And linking them all, watching over them all, mother to half the street, is fiery, indomitable Iris.
Union Street features in the following genres: Classic fiction: general and literary, Narrative theme: Coming of age, Narrative theme: Interior life, Family Drama, Historical Fiction
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Union Street was written by Pat Barker and published by Virago an imprint of Little, Brown
Union Street has 288 pages
Yes it is part of Virago Modern Classics series
£9.89, reduced from £10.99. Temporarily Out Of Stock.