St. John, Madeleine: The Women In Black

'An uplifting book for our times' Observer

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A classic novel about the women working in the ladies' frocks section of a department store in Sydney in the 1950s by the Booker-shortlisted Madeleine St. JohnThis wry debut...focuses on the loneliness and ennui of three department store employees. These women, identically attired in black dresses that serve as uniforms, work in the Ladies' Frocks Department at Goode's, a store in Sydney, Australia. Each suffers from long-standing unhappiness revolving one way or another around the opposite sex...During the frenzied Christmas shopping season, each saleswoman indirectly confronts her problem and attains contentment

Autor	St. John, Madeleine
Verlag	Little, Brown and Company
Einband	Kartonierter Einband (Kt)
Erscheinungsjahr	2011
Seitenangabe	208 S.
Meldetext	Lieferbar in ca. 10-20 Arbeitstagen
Ausgabekennzeichen	Englisch
Masse	H19.8 cm x B12.6 cm x D1.4 cm 146 g
Coverlag	Abacus (Imprint/Brand)

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ISBN: 978-0-349-12338-7

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Über den Autor St. John, Madeleine

Madeleine St John was born in Sydney. She graduated from Sydney University in 1963 and lived in London for most of the succeeding years, until her death in 2006. The Women in Black is her first novel. She also wroteA Pure Clear Light (1996), The Essence of the Thing (1997), which was shortlisted for the Booker Prize, and Stairway to Paradise (1999).