James Tait Black Memorial Prizes
Lady Into Fox (Modern Voices)
A fantastical novel built around the sudden transformation of a wife into a fox, probing marriage and the boundary of human nature.
Work Information
Its transformation conceit exposes both affection and unease in marriage.
Modern English reprints are available.
Book Information
- Publisher
- Hesperus Pr
- Published
- 2009-02-01
- Pages
- 75 pages
- Language
- 英語
- Size
- 12.7 x 0.76 x 19.05 cm
- ISBN-13
- 9781843914495
- ISBN-10
- 9781843914495
- Price
- 1800 JPY
- Category
- 洋書/Science Fiction & Fantasy/Fantasy
The Tebricks, a charming and upstanding young couple, have moved to Oxfordshire to begin their married life, happily unaware of the future awaiting them. When Sylvia turns suddenly into a fox their fortunes are changed forever, despite all of her strenuous attempts to adhere to the proprieties of her upbringing and resist the feral instincts of her current form. Increasingly isolated in their home, Richard does all he can to protect his wife from the dangers inherent in the outside world, but these dangers soon prove impossible to fight and inevitably break down the boundaries between the newlyweds and what lies beyond the garden walls.
David Garnett (1892?1981) was a prominent member of the Bloomsbury Group. He is best known as the author of Aspects of Love , the basis for Andrew Lloyd Webbers international hit musical of the same name.
Reviews
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Parfait!
Encore une fois, rien à dire: délai, prix, conformité, état. Que du bon! Mais avec Amazon, c'est l'habitude... On peut y aller les yeux fermés!
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Lovely and enchanting...
Lady Into Fox, by David Garnett, harkens back to the early Twentieth Century when book covers (one of the best things about this book) were deliciously simple and the real treat was contained in the pagese between them. Also enchanting are the wood engravings that illustrate the book. Originally published in 1922 and out of print since 1966, McSweeney's brings this classic tale of transformation and unrecognizable self back to the forefront of literature. This opulent tale will surely be talked about and enjoyed for years to come. This is a great gift.
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Lässt mich einfach nicht los!
Ich habe "Lady into Fox" das erste mal vor zwei Jahren gelesen, als ich meine Familie in Spanien besuchte und mit meinem Vater und meiner Schwester einen Roadtrip nach Portugal machte. Es war Weihnachten, und der Himmel strahlend blau. Je weiter wir fuhren, desto abwechslungsreicher wurde das Wetter, mal komplett nebelig, mal strahlender Sonnenschein. Ich weiß nicht ob dies das Lesen beeinflusste, doch genau die gleiche Magie, die ich bei diesem roadtrip erlebte, erfahre ich jedes mal erneut, wenn ich dieses Buch öffne. Es ist, als würde ein Windstoß die Seiten durchwirbeln und mein Inneres in das Buch saugen. Ich war jede Sekunde von der Liebe, Hingabe und inneren Zerrissenheit des Hauptdarstellers gegenüber seiner Frau fasziniert, von der Verletzlichkeit und Angst, die jedes ihn beschreibende Adjektiv kennzeichnet, als seine Frau sich in den Fuchs verwandelt. Lest dieses Buch und lasst euch von seiner Magie verzaubern!
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Great read.
Marvellous adventure. The story stretches the imagination somewhat, and leaves an unsettling feeling with the reader. I enjoyed the story very much.
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A sweet feminist manifesto a love story
It is a blessed tale. Set in the 1890s, Victorian times, tender and sad and hilarious and nuanced....the agony and joy and desperate struggles with mores, expectations, roles and propriety, the ego and Love.... It is a beautiful love story, best read aloud to friends or a lover. David Garnetts was one of the Bloomsbury crowd..... it was written in 1922 and won awards for fiction. It's really charming and make sure you have a box of Kleenex. Highly recommend. It begins stiffly and mirrors the understandings of the couple and their struggle to exist authentically and in freedom….