Quatrième de couverture

This dazzling collection of stories by the Nebula and Hugo Award-winning Russ will enhance her reputation for brilliant speculative fiction. In it Russ explores the position of woman present and future, the role of the woman writer, and the nature of art itself. Haunting and evocative, this selection of works written over 25 years demonstrates the range of Russ's vision and confirms her standing as a writer of great gifts.

Sommaire

• "The Little Dirty Girl" (1982)
• "Sword Blades and Poppy Seed" (1983)
• "Main Street: 1953" (1983)
• "How Dorothy Kept Away the Spring" (1977)
• "This Afternoon" (1968)
• "This Night, At My Fire" (1966)
• "I Had Vacantly Crupled It Into My Pocket ..." (1964)
• "Come Closer" (1965)
• "It's Important to Believe" (1980)
• "Mr. Wilde's Second Chance" (1966)
• "Window Dressing" (1970)
• "Existence" (1975)
• "Foul Foul" (1971)
• "A Short and Happy Life" (1969)
• "The Throwaways" (1969)
• "The Clichés From Outer Space" (1975)
• "Elf Hill" (1982)
• "Nor Custom Stale" (1952)
• "The Experimenter" (1975)
• "Reasonable People" (1974)
• "Life in a Furniture Store" (1970)
• "Old Pictures" (1973)
• "I. Visiting" (1967)
• "II. Visiting Day" (1970)
• Old Thoughts, Old Presences :
• ** "I. The Autobiography of My Mother" (1975)
• ** "II. Daddy's Little Girl" (1975)

Détails

Collection : THE WOMEN'S PRESS

Éditeur : THE WOMEN'S PRESS