Furies

In this blazing cauldron of a book, the boldest writers of our day take up words and their pens, celebrating 50 years of Virago.

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A fun and fearless anthology of feminist tales, by sixteen bestselling, award-winning writers.

'Wonderful . . . all killer, no filler'
Red Magazine
'Dazzling stories, as inventive as they are inspiring' Daily Mirror
'Where power and feminist rage meet' Stylist

BANSHEE. DRAGON. TYGRESS. SHE-DEVIL. HUSSY. SIREN. WENCH. HARRIDAN. MUCKRAKER. SPITFIRE. VITUPERATOR. CHURAIL. TERMAGANT. FURY. WARRIOR. VIRAGO.

For centuries past, and all across the world, there are words that have defined and decried us. Words that raise our hackles, fire up our blood; words that tell a story. In this blazing cauldron of a book, sixteen bestselling, award-winning writers have taken up their pens and reclaimed these words, creating an entertaining and irresistible collection of feminist tales for our time.

STORIES BY: Margaret Atwood, Susie Boyt, Eleanor Crewes, Emma Donoghue, Stella Duffy, Linda Grant, Annie Hodson, Claire Kohda, CN Lester, Kirsty Logan, Caroline O'Donoghue, Chibundu Onuzo, Helen Oyeyemi, Rachel Seiffert, Kamila Shamsie, Ali Smith, with an Introduction by Sandi Toksvig

Additional information

Weight 260 g
Dimensions 196 × 126 × 26 mm
Author

Publisher

Virago

Imprint

Virago

Cover

Paperback

Pages

320

Language

English

Edition

|Short stories

Dewey

823.01089287 (edition:23)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K