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Midsummer Nights: Tales from the Opera:: with Kate Atkinson, Sebastian Barry, Ali Smith & more
Jeanette Winterson
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Description for Midsummer Nights: Tales from the Opera:: with Kate Atkinson, Sebastian Barry, Ali Smith & more
Paperback.
In celebration of the Glyndebourne Festival, Jeanette Winterson has brought together some of the best loved and most critically acclaimed authors writing today to pen stories inspired by opera. Includes an introduction by Jeanette Winterson, Alexander McCall Smith on Cosi Fan Tutte, Ali Smith on Fidelio, Andrew Motion on Peter Grimes, Andrew O'Hagan on Eugene Onegin, Anne Enright on La Boheme, Antonia Fraser on The Marriage of Figaro, Colm Toibin on Pearl Fishers, Jackie Kay on The Makropulos Affair, Joanna Trollope on L'Elisir d'Amore, Julie Myerson on Ariadne auf Naxos, Jeanette Winterson on La Fanciulla del West, Kate Atkinson on ... Read more
In celebration of the Glyndebourne Festival, Jeanette Winterson has brought together some of the best loved and most critically acclaimed authors writing today to pen stories inspired by opera. Includes an introduction by Jeanette Winterson, Alexander McCall Smith on Cosi Fan Tutte, Ali Smith on Fidelio, Andrew Motion on Peter Grimes, Andrew O'Hagan on Eugene Onegin, Anne Enright on La Boheme, Antonia Fraser on The Marriage of Figaro, Colm Toibin on Pearl Fishers, Jackie Kay on The Makropulos Affair, Joanna Trollope on L'Elisir d'Amore, Julie Myerson on Ariadne auf Naxos, Jeanette Winterson on La Fanciulla del West, Kate Atkinson on ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Quercus Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781849161831
SKU
V9781849161831
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-10
About Jeanette Winterson
Jeanette Winterson's first novel, Oranges are Not the Only Fruit, won the Whitbread Prize for Best First Novel. Since then she has written eight other novels, including The Passion and been published in 32 countries, as well as adapting her work for TV, film and stage. She lives in Gloucestershire and London. Jeanette Winterson's first novel, Oranges are Not the ... Read more
Reviews for Midsummer Nights: Tales from the Opera:: with Kate Atkinson, Sebastian Barry, Ali Smith & more
Winterson's stellar cast delivers plenty of incident as well as atmosphere to power this upbeat collection
Financial Times
Soars to some hugely enjoyable climaxes
Irish Times
Wonderfully innovative, creative and fun
The Times
Offers a glimpse of how the inspirational and the creative juices interact
Spectator
'Winterson's stellar cast delivers plenty of ... Read more
Financial Times
Soars to some hugely enjoyable climaxes
Irish Times
Wonderfully innovative, creative and fun
The Times
Offers a glimpse of how the inspirational and the creative juices interact
Spectator
'Winterson's stellar cast delivers plenty of ... Read more