Theft
Published on 21. March 2013
96 pages
978-0-571-29977-5 (ISBN)
Description
'Every volume [Rachel Ingalls] has written displays the craft of a quite remarkable talent. Tales of love, terror, betrayal and grief, which others would spin out for hundreds of pages, are given the occluded force of poetry.' Amanda Craig, Independent
Rachel Ingalls (b. 1940) grew up in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and has lived in London since 1965. Theft, her literary debut, won the Authors' Club First Novel Award for 1970.
'Theft is a parable-parallel taking place in some dehumanizing, militarized society where Seth, a starving working man, is jailed for stealing a loaf of bread. In prison with him is a manic-messiah, a wife-killer, some affluent youngsters doing their 'mental slumming' via protest, and his protective, smarter brother-in-law.' Kirkus Review
'Imaginative and intelligent'. Sunday Times
'Tautly told with great power.' Sunday Mirror
Rachel Ingalls (b. 1940) grew up in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and has lived in London since 1965. Theft, her literary debut, won the Authors' Club First Novel Award for 1970.
'Theft is a parable-parallel taking place in some dehumanizing, militarized society where Seth, a starving working man, is jailed for stealing a loaf of bread. In prison with him is a manic-messiah, a wife-killer, some affluent youngsters doing their 'mental slumming' via protest, and his protective, smarter brother-in-law.' Kirkus Review
'Imaginative and intelligent'. Sunday Times
'Tautly told with great power.' Sunday Mirror
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Main
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
File size
0,34 MB
ISBN-13
978-0-571-29977-5 (9780571299775)
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Person
Rachel Ingalls was born in Boston in 1940. She spent time in Germany before studying at Radcliffe College, and moved to England in 1965, where she lived for the rest of her life. Her debut novel, Theft (1970), won the Authors' Club First Novel Award, and her novella Mrs Caliban (1982) was named one of the 20 best American novels since World War Two by the British Book Marketing Council. Over half a century, Ingalls wrote 11 story collections and novellas - all published by Faber - to great acclaim, but remains relatively unknown. She died in 2019 after a revival of interest in her work.
Content
- Intro
- Cover
- Landing Page
- Title Page
- Contents
- "Look out, Jake," I said.
- It was a Thursday.
- From the entrance I heard steps and the sound of something being moved.
- Later on Homer came in.
- There was some shuffling around outside.
- "Will you quit looking at me like that?" he said.
- I must have gone right under.
- "Thou didst make me hope."
- When I woke up I didn't know where I was.
- They say it usually takes three hours.
- About the Author
- Copyright
