Justine
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Salt Publishing
Published:15th Apr '15
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
A lot of flagellation and a matching literary-exquisite style -- Fay Weldon
Justine is a painting, a doppelgänger and a woman of beguiling beauty. Set in contemporary London, Justine is a story of a man’s obsession with a woman – or is it two women? For Justine has a twin sister Juliette, and as the story unfolds, the opium-dazed narrator becomes increasingly unsure as to the identity of the woman he desires.
Winner of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize
Justine is a painting, a doppelgänger and a woman of beguiling beauty. Set in contemporary London, Justine is a story of a man’s obsession with a woman – or is it two women? For Justine has a twin sister Juliette, and as the story unfolds, the opium-dazed narrator becomes increasingly unsure as to the identity of the woman he desires.
A lush, erotic teasing mystery
* The Bookseller *Angela Carter crossed with the Scottish diffidence of Muriel Spark and Emma Tennant … a faultless performance of a first novel
* The Scotsman *Beautifully spare, very visual writing … with its own sly, soft sympathetic elegance
* The Observer *And enthuse we must. This is an extraordinarily accomplished book, sharp, focused, highly intelligent
* The Glasgow Herald *So skilfully crafted, its atmosphere so ominous, its end so chilling
* The Daily Telegra- Winner of The James Tait Black Memorial Prize 1996 (UK)
ISBN: 9781784630317
Dimensions: 203mm x 127mm x 14mm
Weight: unknown
192 pages
3rd Revised edition