Four Bare Legs In a Bed
Author: Simpson, Helen
ISBN: 9780749391621
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE UK
Year first published: 01 Aug 1991
Pages: 192
Format: Paperback / softback
'Stories told in such succulent prose that you wince at their brevity... a most exceptional debut' - Evening Standard
Winner of the Somerset Maugham Award.
Brilliant, funny and tragic, Four Bare Legs in a Bed is an outstanding and invigorating collection of short stories. In Simpson's singular and opulent voice, we hear of the mixed blessings of independence and marriage, of sex and babies. From a bed that transforms the lives of a struggling couple to a chorus of midwives telling the dramatic story of a birth, this is a playful, unique set of stories to treasure.
ISBN: 9780749391621
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE UK
Year first published: 01 Aug 1991
Pages: 192
Format: Paperback / softback
'Stories told in such succulent prose that you wince at their brevity... a most exceptional debut' - Evening Standard
Winner of the Somerset Maugham Award.
Brilliant, funny and tragic, Four Bare Legs in a Bed is an outstanding and invigorating collection of short stories. In Simpson's singular and opulent voice, we hear of the mixed blessings of independence and marriage, of sex and babies. From a bed that transforms the lives of a struggling couple to a chorus of midwives telling the dramatic story of a birth, this is a playful, unique set of stories to treasure.
