Up The Junction: A Virago Modern Classic by Nell Dunn (English) Paperback Book

Description: Up The Junction by Nell Dunn Published in 1963, Up the Junction won the John Llewellyn Rhys Memorial Prize and was adapted into a film. It also inspired a song of the same name. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description The girls - Rube, Lily and Sylvie - work at McCrindles sweet factory during the week and on Saturday they go up the Junction in their clattering stilettos, think about new frocks on H.P., drink tea in the cafe, and talk about their boyfriends. In these uninhibited, spirited vignettes of young womens lives in the shabby parts of South London in the sixties, money is scarce and enjoyment to be grabbed while it can. Notes A Virago Modern Classic edition of the award-winning novel. Back Cover We stand, the three of us, me, Sylvie and Rube, pressed up against the saloon door, brown ales clutched in our hands. Rube, neck stiff so as not to shake her beehive, stares sultrily round the packed pub. The girls - Rube, Lily and Sylvie - work at McCrindles sweet factory during the week, and on Saturday they go up the Junction in their clattering stilettos. In these uninhibited, spirited vignettes of young womens lives in South London in the sixties, money is scarce and enjoyment to be grabbed while it can. Nell Dunn shot to fame with Up the Junction (1963) and Poor Cow (1967), both of which became successful films. Up the Junction won the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize. Flap We stand, the three of us, me, Sylvie and Rube, pressed up against the saloon door, brown ales clutched in our hands. Rube, neck stiff so as not to shake her beehive, stares sultrily round the packed pub. The girls - Rube, Lily and Sylvie - work at McCrindles sweet factory during the week, and on Saturday they go up the Junction in their clattering stilettos. In these uninhibited, spirited vignettes of young womens lives in South London in the sixties, money is scarce and enjoyment to be grabbed while it can. Nell Dunn shot to fame with Up the Junction (1963) and Poor Cow (1967), both of which became successful films. Up the Junction won the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize. Author Biography Nell Dunn was born in 1936 and educated at a convent, which she left at the age of fourteen. She shot to fame with POOR COW (1967) and UP THE JUNCTION (1963), both of which became successful films. UP THE JUNCTION won the John Llewellyn Rhys prize. Review Her art is ignited by voice, especially by voice more usually given no societal, literary or aesthetic power or space but whose authority, as you hear it, is unquestionable -- Ali Smith * Guardian *Whats striking at this distance is not so much Dunns frank depiction of female promiscuity - which caused quite a stir at the time - but her distinctive, pared-down style -- David Evans * Independent *Unflinching look at the lives of working-class women, presented without any moralising or judgment, and caused a sensation -- Constance Craig Smith * Daily Mail *The random violence, the short-lived pleasures, the restlessness, the hopelessness, its all caught here in a series of casual impressions which could not be more insistent * Kirkus Reviews * Promotional 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 Long Description The girls - Rube, Lily and Sylvie - work at McCrindles sweet factory during the week and on Saturday they go up the Junction in their clattering stilettos, think about new frocks on H.P., drink tea in the cafe, and talk about their boyfriends. In these uninhibited, spirited vignettes of young womens lives in the shabby parts of South London in the sixties, money is scarce and enjoyment to be grabbed while it can. Promotional "Headline" 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 Description for Sales People Originally published in 1963 Up the Junction won the John Llewellyn Rhys Memorial Prize Details ISBN1844089827 Author Nell Dunn Year 2013 ISBN-10 1844089827 ISBN-13 9781844089826 Media Book Pages 144 Publisher Little, Brown Book Group Imprint Virago Press Ltd Subtitle A Virago Modern Classic Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 823.914 Birth 1936 Format Paperback Series Virago Modern Classics Language English Short Title Up the Junction UK Release Date 2013-08-01 Publication Date 2013-08-01 Audience General NZ Release Date 2013-10-28 AU Release Date 2013-10-28 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:53390574;

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