Furies Stories of the wicked, wild and untamed

by Atwood, Margaret; Smith, Ali; Donoghue, Emma; Onuzo, Chibundu; O'Donoghue, Caroline; Grant, Linda; Boyt, Susie; Duffy, Stella; Shamsie, Kamila; Oyeyemi, Helen; Seiffert, Rachel; Lester, CN; Kohda, Claire; Crewes, Eleanor

• ISBN13: 9780349017167
• ISBN10: 0349017166
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2024-07-02
• Publisher: Virago

Summary

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.

Author Biography

Between them, the authors of Furies have published more than two hundred works, with numerous national and international bestsellers. They have won awards including the Booker Prize, Giller Prize, International Booker Prize, Goodreads Choice Awards Best Graphic Novels & Comics, Stonewall Book Award, Ferro-Grumley Award, Women's Prize for Fiction, Orange Prize, Betty Trask Award, PEN Open Book Award, Anisfield-Wolf Book Award for Fiction, Goldsmiths Prize, and Encore Award; and they have been nominated for countless others. Together, their books have sold millions worldwide.