Poor Cow
A Virago Modern Classic
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2026
Virago Press Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-349-02085-3 (ISBN)
Virago Press Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-349-02085-3 (ISBN)
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An exuberant, pink-lipsticked, bestselling tale of London life, love and young motherhood in the sixties - now reissued as part of the Classics with Bite collection.
THE BESTSELLLING CLASSIC OF SIXTIES LONDON
'Touching, truthful and fresh - a tour de force' MARGARET DRABBLE
'Hilarious, heartbreaking' PARIS REVIEW
'Her art is ignited by voice' ALI SMITH, GUARDIAN
'Exuberantly alive' SUNDAY TIMES
To think when I was a kid I planned to conquer the world and if anyone saw me now they'd say, 'She's had a rough night, poor cow.'
Joy - twenty-one, bleach-blonde, a head full of dreams - walks down Fulham Broadway in a maternity dress and high suede shoes, carrying her week-old baby. Her husband Tom is a thief and on the proceeds of a job they move to a luxury flat in Ruislip, all new lino and fitted carpets. Then Tom is sent to prison, leaving Joy to move in with Auntie Emm - and to grapple with motherhood, modelling and unreliable men. Exuberant, earthy and tender, Poor Cow was a revelatory portrait of sixties London life.
INTRODUCED BY MARGARET DRABBLE
THE BESTSELLLING CLASSIC OF SIXTIES LONDON
'Touching, truthful and fresh - a tour de force' MARGARET DRABBLE
'Hilarious, heartbreaking' PARIS REVIEW
'Her art is ignited by voice' ALI SMITH, GUARDIAN
'Exuberantly alive' SUNDAY TIMES
To think when I was a kid I planned to conquer the world and if anyone saw me now they'd say, 'She's had a rough night, poor cow.'
Joy - twenty-one, bleach-blonde, a head full of dreams - walks down Fulham Broadway in a maternity dress and high suede shoes, carrying her week-old baby. Her husband Tom is a thief and on the proceeds of a job they move to a luxury flat in Ruislip, all new lino and fitted carpets. Then Tom is sent to prison, leaving Joy to move in with Auntie Emm - and to grapple with motherhood, modelling and unreliable men. Exuberant, earthy and tender, Poor Cow was a revelatory portrait of sixties London life.
INTRODUCED BY MARGARET DRABBLE
Nell Dunn (1936) is an English playwright, screenwriter and author. She was 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.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 22.1.2026 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Virago Modern Classics |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 126 x 196 mm |
| Gewicht | 134 g |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen |
| ISBN-10 | 0-349-02085-X / 034902085X |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-349-02085-3 / 9780349020853 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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