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The Woman Who Loved Cucumbers
' The juice is sharp on my tongue. In the old days I would have sprinkled it with sugar or dipped it in a saucerful of rum. I think about the airline sachets in my bag. But no. Sharp is what I need. Something to jar my numbed senses. I bite into the fruit and roll the black seeds around my teeth. Paul's face fills my mind..'
from Lindsay's Ashford's Passion Fruit
What do you think of when you think of Indulgence ? Comfort ? Self-denial ? Obssession ? A ritual to connect you to someone you've lost ? The way to bribe a child ? The door to other pleasures ? Poison ?
Twenty two new and established women writers examine our attitudes to food, our guilt and longing, humour and hostility in tales of seduction, rebellion and revenge.
Reflecting the emergent popularity of fiction dealing with the significance of eating and consumption, this volume explores issues of body image , its relation to psychological experiences, and the power politics related to eating and the body.
This collection builds on the success of two previous short story Catwomen from Hell and Power.
from Lindsay's Ashford's Passion Fruit
What do you think of when you think of Indulgence ? Comfort ? Self-denial ? Obssession ? A ritual to connect you to someone you've lost ? The way to bribe a child ? The door to other pleasures ? Poison ?
Twenty two new and established women writers examine our attitudes to food, our guilt and longing, humour and hostility in tales of seduction, rebellion and revenge.
Reflecting the emergent popularity of fiction dealing with the significance of eating and consumption, this volume explores issues of body image , its relation to psychological experiences, and the power politics related to eating and the body.
This collection builds on the success of two previous short story Catwomen from Hell and Power.
200 pages, Paperback
First published June 1, 2002
4 people want to read
About the author
Patricia Duncker
25 books90 followersPatricia Duncker attended school in England and, after a period spent working in Germany, she read English at Newnham College, Cambridge.
She studied for a D.Phil. in English and German Romanticism at St Hugh's College, Oxford.
From 1993-2002, she taught Literature at the University of Aberystwyth, and from 2002-2006, has been Professor of Creative Writing at the University of East Anglia, teaching the MA in Prose Fiction.
In January 2007, she moved to the University of Manchester where she is Professor of Modern Literature.
She studied for a D.Phil. in English and German Romanticism at St Hugh's College, Oxford.
From 1993-2002, she taught Literature at the University of Aberystwyth, and from 2002-2006, has been Professor of Creative Writing at the University of East Anglia, teaching the MA in Prose Fiction.
In January 2007, she moved to the University of Manchester where she is Professor of Modern Literature.
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January 31, 2015
When I was homeless in England, I read any book I could get my hands on because, quite frankly, reading kept me from losing what was left of my tiny little mind. Some books were nightmarish, some fantastic and some that niggle in your mind like the pleasantly peculiar popping of a pimple. This is one such book.
Most of these short stories are forgettable, except for three, which are fab. They are:
1) The title story -- where a woman really does have a relationship with cucumbers
2) The poor woman who loved Elvis (I think most woman can identify with the protagonist)
3) A modern woman who goes on a primitive spiritual retreat (my fave.)
Most of these short stories are forgettable, except for three, which are fab. They are:
1) The title story -- where a woman really does have a relationship with cucumbers
2) The poor woman who loved Elvis (I think most woman can identify with the protagonist)
3) A modern woman who goes on a primitive spiritual retreat (my fave.)
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