Ten Women Who Shook the World: Stories

By Sylvia Brownrigg

Book Overview

A Cross a Series of Vivid, Untamed Landscapes Sylvia Brownrigg's characters wander in search of the obvious -- love, fame, a good recipe for canapes -- as well as the less obvious. In "Hussy from the West" the narrator undertakes a long erotic quest for satisfaction; in "The Bird Chick" a visionary organizes some unusual park inhabitants for a bold experiment in theater. In Sylvia Brownrigg's starkly original Ten Women Who Shook the World, wherever these maverick women travel, their bold, comical voices urge us to follow.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0374272891
• ISBN13: 9780374272890
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux
• Length: 125 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.8" x 8.6"

Customer Reviews

she has a way with language

I really enjoyed "Pages for You," so I was eager to read more of Brownrigg's work. This is a quiet, unassuming collection of short stories about women who do unusual and strange things. The things these women frequently do--such as chase after buses and disperse advice by shouting from a giant, red chair--are abstract and metaphorical, but always real. Even women who have tangible problems such as wanting to lose ten pounds take unusual measures. And Brownrigg makes it all work with her rich, playful language.

Fresh visions, cosmic comics, good stuff!

I love this book.The ten stories are fresh, comic, poignant--fun and funny and thoughtful. The writing is tremendous: Brownrigg's use of language is cool and assured even as she paints seemingly outrageous pictures.Highly recommended.

Ten Women Who Shook the World

This collection of stories whirls about with the freshness, care and texture of a full-blown parade. The pace of the narratives, the keen eye and lucent quality of the writing made this a one sitting book. I want to know ten dozen more of these women, their friends and lovers, and I want to walk some more in the fine places where they live. I haven't enjoyed a book of stories this much since the last collection of Raymond Carver.