| Title | : | The Mash-Up |
|---|---|---|
| Author | : | Linda Grant |
| Release | : | 2016-04-21 |
| Kind | : | ebook |
| Genre | : | Literary Fiction, Books, Fiction & Literature, Short Stories, Family Fiction & Literature, Historical Fiction |
| Size | : | 696825 |
| A short story by Linda Grant from the collection Reader, I Married Him: Stories inspired by Jane Eyre. In ‘The Mash Up’, a woman recalls the strain of juggling opposing cultures at her wedding. Edited by Tracy Chevalier, the full collection, Reader I Married Him, brings together some of the finest and most creative voices in fiction today, to celebrate and salute the strength and lasting relevance of Charlotte Brontë’s game-changing novel and its beloved narrator. Reviews Praise for the full collection, READER, I MARRIED HIM: ‘Dazzling’ DAILY MAIL ‘The success of this book owes much to [Chevalier’s] enthusiasm … it’s quite amazing to see the quality of work on show’ EVENING STANDARD ‘A terrific set of stories by some of our leading novelists, each of whom engages with a chosen aspect of Jane Eyre’ THE NEW STATESMAN ‘A clever idea well-executed; a treat for fans of short fiction and for Brontë's many ardent fans’ KIRKUS REVIEWS ‘Exemplary…written by some of today's best female writers’ THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE ‘These pieces create a beguiling picture of women and men and desire, in which everyone is searching, like Jane, for happiness and wondering whether marriage is really an answer. The book acts as a prism spreading all kinds of literary and historical refractions, and it’s a reminder that Charlotte Brontë, too, has many sides’ GLOBE AND MAIL About the author Linda Grant is the author of six novels and four works of non-fiction. Her second novel, When I Lived in Modern Times, won the Orange Prize for Fiction. The Clothes on Their Backs was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize. Her family memoir, Remind Me Who I Am, Again, won the Mind Book of the Year and the Age Concern Book of the Year. She lives in London. Linda Grant’s copy of Jane Eyre is a navy blue hardback with the Latin motto of her school embossed in gold on the cover. It was awarded for winning the Rosa B Chambers prize for Reading Aloud, an accomplishment which finally found an application at literary festivals. |
