The Muse
- 160 Seiten
- 6 Lesestunden
The Muse is the story of a female friendship, one that shaped both author and subject over decades.
Diese englische Autorin ist bekannt für ihre scharfen Einblicke in das Leben der Arbeiterklasse. Ihre Werke, oft vor lebendigen städtischen Kulissen angesiedelt, zeichnen sich durch rohen Realismus und authentische Sprache aus. Sie erfasst meisterhaft die alltäglichen Kämpfe, Wünsche und Beziehungen gewöhnlicher Menschen. Ihre Erzählungen bieten ein offenes und denkwürdiges Leseerlebnis.




The Muse is the story of a female friendship, one that shaped both author and subject over decades.
Dunn transcribes nine informal interviews she recorded with young women she happened to be near and around in the year 1964. They are friends across the class system, from factory worker Kathy to socialite Suna, with a particular eye to women marking themselves out creatively and against the odds. Dunn describes these women as sharing more than a common time and age; they've "severed themselves from some of the conventional forms of living and thinking."
Nell Dunn's 1967 novel which was made into a film directed by Ken Loach
Published in 1963 Up the Junction won the John Llewellyn Rhys Memorial Prize, was adapted into a film and was the inspiration for the song of the same name