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BOOK REVIEW
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The Independent - London
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September 11, 1994
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Copyright informationCopyright 1994 The Independent - London. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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MICHELE ROBERTS is still busy sorting through her inventory of
inherited themes and dreams - the bundles of fictional stuff
bequeathed by a half-French, half-English family line, her lapsed
Catholic's born-again paganism, and the legacies of her fictional
foremothers Woolf and Colette. Flesh and Blood has a strong savour
of Orlando about it - that is, of Woolf at her most flirtatious,
bold and Colette-ish, since it's a book whose shaping metaphors are
those of dressing up, cross-dressing and drag, and whose creative
centre and secret space seems to be "the inside of my mother's
wardrobe".
So there's immediately a seductive sensation of regression about
the writing - back to the delights of ...
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Diary date for book prize
The Independent on Sunday;
May 2, 2004 ;
27 words
...Mind's Book of the Year judges Michele Roberts and Fay Weldon will host a reading by the shortlisted authors on 6 May at Foyles, Charing Cross Road, London, from 6.30pm-8pm.
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Books: Review of Reviews: September
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September 28, 1997 ;
394 words
......and emotional alertness". For Michele Roberts in The Independent on Sunday...was doubtful, describing the book as "essentially a snappy thriller...wanted very much to like this book, and the fact that I wound...Daily Telegraph, "in which the book is a lot of old tosh...
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BOOK REVIEW
The Independent - London;
August 26, 1994 ;
700+ words
......slogans? But just as, say, Michele Roberts and Angela Carter have enriched...world: in Lilian's Story, the book that is, in effect, the sequel...are much further away in this book. One thing Grenville is as...matter that is the crux of the book, the appearance on the scene...
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Woman's body as colony: Impossible Saints.(Book Review)
Kadin/Woman 2000;
December 1, 2003 ;
700+ words
...Michele Roberts, Impossible Saints. (London: Virago, 1998), 308 pages ISBN 1860494560 Michele Roberts's novel, translated and published by...already there. In one of her interviews Michele Roberts says that because she had been a Catholic...
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Books: How to lose the abbey habit The Books Interview: In fiction, as in...
The Independent - London;
January 9, 1999 ;
700+ words
...The first surprise is that Michele Roberts has swapped her house in Holloway, full of colourful...she keeps an eye on her weight and swims every day. Michele Roberts is nearly 50, and she is glowing. Suspicious of new...is a rollicking good read with not a nun in sight. Michele Roberts ...
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Books: Sainthood made simple
The Sunday Telegraph London;
May 18, 1997 ;
380 words
...Impossible Saints by Michele Roberts Little Brown, pounds 14.99, 308 pp SAINTLINESS, for Michele Roberts, covers a multitude of sins. You don't have to be...self-denial. But it is one of the strengths of the book that not every saint is a martyr to someone else...there are moments of lyricism ...
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BOOKS: Haunted journeys through the human mind Why reading scores of books...
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514 words
...Judging the Mind Book of the Year - which I have...year's judges, Blake Morrison, Michele Roberts and myself, read 120 entries...and the prize being for "the book that makes the most significant...sensitive, cheerful, useful book which converts personal tragedy...manages a moving yet upbeat ...
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New Fiction.(Book Review)
The Daily Mail (London, England);
January 7, 2005 ;
597 words
...Byline: STEPHANIE CROSS Reader, I Married Him by Michele Roberts (Little, Brown, [pounds sterling]14.99) MICHELE ROBERTS'S 12th novel is a deliciously black and breezy affair...mention some excellent shopping. But don't be deceived: Michele Roberts has written something altogether ...
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Permeable borders, possible worlds: history and identity in the novels of...
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700+ words
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186 words
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Books: Review of Reviews: May
The Sunday Telegraph London;
June 1, 1997 ;
352 words
......first showing. Rose Tremain, Michele Roberts and Jonathan Coe have all...in the Spectator found the book "absolutely believable and...third, frankly, is a mess." Michele Roberts also caught the eye with Impossible...Literary Review found the book "enjoyable but maddening...
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Books: Paperbacks
The Independent - London;
August 18, 2001 ;
558 words
...MICHeLE ROBERTS'S latest portrait of French provincial...recollections, the most interesting story in the book belongs to Gerard's lowliest companion...tarte Tatin. EH The Looking Glass by Michele Roberts Virago, pounds 6.99, 277pp Eclipse by...
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Books: Heroine addictions Two bold and stylish novelists tackle the...
The Independent - London;
April 12, 2003 ;
587 words
...The Mistressclass Michele Roberts Little, Brown pounds 15.99, 295pp pounds...0870 8001122 AS ITS title suggests, Michele Roberts's new novel is about the things women...Monsieur Heger, which open and close the book. They provide a kind of frame for a...more attention. Joan Smith's latest ...
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