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Pretty things

Title
Pretty things / Virginie Despentes ; translated by Emma Ramadan.
Author
Despentes, Virginie, 1969-
Publication
  • New York City : Feminist Press, at the City University of New York, 2018.
  • ©1998

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Additional Authors
Ramadan, Emma
Description
217 pages; 21 cm
Summary
"A woman convinces her sister, who has a beautiful voice, to pretend they are the same person so she can become famous. After she suddenly commits suicide, the remaining sister continues to use, and learn about, her dead sister's identity."--
Uniform Title
Jolies choses. English
Alternative Title
Jolies choses.
Subject
  • Sisters > Fiction
  • False personation > Fiction
  • FICTION / Literary
  • FICTION / Women
  • SOCIAL SCIENCE / Feminism & Feminist Theory
  • False personation
  • Sisters
Genre/Form
Fiction.
Note
  • "Les jolies choses by Virginie Despentes was originally published in France by Editions Grasset & Fasquelle in 1998"--Title page verso.
Language (note)
  • In English, translated from the French.
Call Number
JFD 18-5014
ISBN
  • 9781936932276
  • 193693227X
LCCN
2017056600
OCLC
1007750168
Author
Despentes, Virginie, 1969- author.
Title
Pretty things / Virginie Despentes ; translated by Emma Ramadan.
Publisher
New York City : Feminist Press, at the City University of New York, 2018.
Copyright Date
©1998
Edition
First Feminist Press edition.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Language
In English, translated from the French.
Added Author
Ramadan, Emma, translator.
Other Form:
Online version: Despentes, Virginie, 1969- Pretty things. First Feminist Press edition. New York : Feminist Press, 2018 9781936932269 (DLC) 2018006832
Research Call Number
JFD 18-5014
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