Spleen |
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| Author:
| Moore, Olive |
| Series title: | British Literature Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-56478-148-2 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 1996 |
| Publisher: | Deep Vellum Publishing
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| Imprint: | Dalkey Archive Press |
| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $14.95 |
Book Description:
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=,The,disturbing story of a woman who goes into,self-imposed exile to an island off the coast of,Italy after giving birth to a deformed child.,Filled with self-reproach and guilt about her son,and her life (having yearned to give birth to,something "" new and rare"", she blames herself for,her son's deformity), Ruth broods on what it means,to be a woman, (""nature's oven for nature's bun""),and the inequalities between the sexes.
=,The,disturbing story of a woman who goes into,self-imposed exile to an island off the coast of,Italy after giving birth to a deformed child.,Filled with self-reproach and guilt about her son,and her life (having yearned to give birth to,something "" new and rare"", she blames herself for,her son's deformity), Ruth broods on what it means,to be a woman, (""nature's oven for nature's bun""),and the inequalities between the sexes.