Women Fly When Men Aren't Watching

by Sara Maitland

A collection of short stories from the author of "Three Times Table". It includes folk-stories, classical mythology, historical incident and Christian heroines.

Genres: Short Stories, Fairy Tales, Fiction

256 pages, Hardcover

First published June 30, 1992

About the author

Sara Maitland is a British writer and academic. An accomplished novelist, she is also known for her short stories. Her work has a magic realist tendency. Maitland is regarded as one of those at the vanguard of the 1970s feminist movement, and is often described as a feminist writer. She is a Roman Catholic, and religion is another theme in much of her work.

Reviews

[jessica · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 stars

[Jill Schroeder · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read this a long time ago but it's one of those books that has stayed with me. The stories are different and original and witty but more than that there are rythyms to them that is just plain clever.
I love the humour, when George saves her from the dragon "I should have thought 'interfering bastard' but instead I thought he would keep me safe from my own desires". These stories reinvent the myths and the fairy tales and the princesses.

[l · Rating 1 out of 5]

I thought the 'Loveliness of the Long-Distance Runner' was quite sweet but the rest were a mess, tbh.