London 1971 first edition Andre Deutsch. ISBN 0 233 96246 8. Hardcover.Octavo, 189pp., maroon cover with gilt spine lettering. **Presentation copy signed by Fainlight to Kathy. VG plus , exceedingly faint browning to end papers, in Near Fine DJ.
Ruth Fainlight is a poet, short story writer, translator and librettist.
Fainlight was born in New York, but has mainly lived in England since she was fifteen, having also spent some years living in France and Spain. In addition to her own works, Fainlight has also provided criticism for BBC Radio, Times Literary Supplement, The Guardian, and numerous other publications.
She was married to the British writer Alan Sillitoe (1928-2010) and has a daughter, Susan and a son, David who is a photographer for The Guardian. She lives in London.
She has twice been Poet in Residence at Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee.