Beatitude and the beast

The Independent - London;  May 4, 1997 ;     700+ words ......linear way." Impossible Saints is a book about...corporeal glory. Michele Roberts identifies Impossible Saints as her "final...holiness", Impossible Saints asks whether...work also made Michele Roberts see "that myth...

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...and strategies of Magic Realism in Impossible Saints which can be defined as a work of fiction...

Books: Sainthood made simple

The Sunday Telegraph London;  May 18, 1997 ;     380 words ...Impossible Saints by Michele Roberts Little Brown, pounds 14.99...with silky skill. The key to Impossible Saints is its straightforwardness...lyricism and real ten derness. Michele Roberts is a rather uneven writer. If...

Write the good fight

The Independent - London;  May 17, 1997 ;     536 words ......mould of others' expectations. Impossible Saints, though it appears to explore...always keeps to this theme. Michele Roberts's central story, of a nun who...interleaved with the lives of "impossible" saints - women, ancient and modern...into imagery so beautiful, but Michele ...

Michele Roberts.(News)

The People (London, England);  September 1, 1996 ;     66 words ......programme, we incorrectly stated that Michele Roberts had betrayed her best pal by seducing...accompanied our story made clear, it was Michele Roberts' son, Stephen Roberts, who had been...Michelle Williams. We apologise to Michele Roberts for the distress caused by our article...

A dance to the music of London

The Spectator;  April 12, 2003 ;     540 words ...THE MISTRESSCLASS by Michele Roberts Little, Brown, L15.99, pp. 295, ISBN 0316725501 Michele Roberts writes some of the most sensual prose...might seem gratuitous page-fillers. Michele Roberts uses them to create a climate for her...

Sights and scents of life Jessica Mann finds many sensuous delights in...

The Sunday Telegraph London;  June 24, 2001 ;     312 words ...Playing Sardines by Michele Roberts Virago, pounds 9.99, 196 pp pounds 8.99 (99p p&p) 0870 155 7222 MICHELE ROBERTS writes about delightful things...smells and sights and sex. Though Michele Roberts writes in English she is partly...

A merry widow

The Scotsman;  January 8, 2005 ;     473 words ...Reader, I married him by Michele Roberts Little, Brown, GBP 14.99 Review...MASSIE THE OPENING PAGES OF Michele Roberts's new novel promise a delightful...improbable than the convent itself. Michele Roberts writes about Leonora and her...

Food for puzzled thought

The Spectator;  January 16, 1999 ;     597 words ...FAIR EXCHANGE by Michele Roberts Little, Brown, 15.99, pp. 246...constructions seem to be one of Michele Roberts's specialities and during the...and became indulgent towards Michele Roberts's luscious style - not to mention...

BOOK REVIEW

The Independent - London;  September 11, 1994 ;     700+ words ...MICHELE ROBERTS is still busy sorting through her...few promising things about them in Michele Roberts's book). Bodies are like clothes...literary version of dressing up. Michele Roberts rewrites herself too: this is a...

Foresight from the past

The Scotsman;  January 9, 1999 ;     685 words ...Fair Exchange By Michele Roberts Little Brown, GBP 15.99 IN an...the decade. In Fair Exchange , Michele Roberts has written a book which contains...Louise copes with them too. Michele Roberts has found an envelope in which...

New Fiction.(Book Review)

The Daily Mail (London, England);  January 7, 2005 ;     597 words ......STEPHANIE CROSS Reader, I Married Him by Michele Roberts (Little, Brown, [pounds sterling]14.99) MICHELE ROBERTS'S 12th novel is a deliciously black...shopping. But don't be deceived: Michele Roberts has written something altogether...

Permeable borders, possible worlds: history and identity in the novels of...

Studies in the Literary Imagination;  September 22, 2003 ;     700+ words ......novel, A Piece of the Night, in 1978, Michele Roberts continually has returned in her fiction...location for theorizing the (im)possible. Michele Roberts's first three novels, A Piece of the...narratives which veer toward Kunstlerroman. Michele Roberts's novels implicitly propose the ...

RETRO REPORT-SEPTEMBER, 1987:Couple finally marry after registrar...

Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales);  September 4, 2007 ;     259 words ......Tony Woolway Western Mail Sweethearts Robert Cahillane and Michele Roberts finally got married yesterday - and looked forward to celebrating...guests celebrating the pounds 2,000 wedding that never was. Michele Roberts was standing outside waiting to walk up the aisle when she...

40 UNDER Forty: Michele Roberts

The Billings Gazette;  January 11, 2004 ;     186 words ...Michele Roberts Operating room manager Beartooth Hospital and Health Center Age...Hiking Person most like to meet: Princess Di Hero: My grandmother In Michele Roberts' family, there are nine involved in nursing. Roberts is from Miles...