Tucked up on the ward and secure in the latest technology, Zelda is
about to give birth to her baby. But things don't go to plan, and
as her labour progresses and the drugs take over, Zelda enters a
surreal world. Here, past and present become confused and blend
with fairytale and myth. Old secrets surface and finally give birth
to disturbing revelations in the present. Originally published in
the eighties, The Birth Machine was seized on by readers as giving
voice to a female experience absent from fiction until then and
quickly became a classic text. Out of print for some years, The
Birth Machine is now reissued in a revised version. It is still
relevant today to modern Obstetrics and Medicine, however it is
more than that: it is also a gripping story of buried secrets and a
long-ago murder, and of present-day betrayals. Above all, it is a
powerful novel about the ways we can wield control through logic
and language, and about the battle over who owns the right to
knowledge and to tell the stories of who we are. The book was
dramatised for Radio 4 and starred Barbara Marten as Zelda.
General
| Imprint: |
Salt Publishing
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Release date: |
November 2010 |
| First published: |
2010 |
| Authors: |
Elizabeth Baines
|
| Dimensions: |
198 x 129 x 12mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback - B-format
|
| Pages: |
152 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-907773-02-0 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General & literary fiction >
Modern fiction
|
| LSN: |
1-907773-02-9 |
| Barcode: |
9781907773020 |
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