Furies - by Margaret Atwood

Book Synopsis

A fun and fearless anthology of feminist tales, by sixteen bestselling, award-winning writers.

'Wonderful . . . all killer, no filler' Red Magazine
'Dazzling stories, as inventive as they are inspiring' Daily Mirror
'Where power and feminist rage meet' Stylist

BANSHEE. DRAGON. TYGRESS. SHE-DEVIL. HUSSY. SIREN. WENCH. HARRIDAN. MUCKRAKER. SPITFIRE. VITUPERATOR. CHURAIL. TERMAGANT. FURY. WARRIOR. VIRAGO.

For centuries past, and all across the world, there are words that have defined and decried us. Words that raise our hackles, fire up our blood; words that tell a story. In this blazing cauldron of a book, sixteen bestselling, award-winning writers have taken up their pens and reclaimed these words, creating an entertaining and irresistible collection of feminist tales for our time.

STORIES BY: Margaret Atwood, Susie Boyt, Eleanor Crewes, Emma Donoghue, Stella Duffy, Linda Grant, Annie Hodson, Claire Kohda, CN Lester, Kirsty Logan, Caroline O'Donoghue, Chibundu Onuzo, Helen Oyeyemi, Rachel Seiffert, Kamila Shamsie, Ali Smith, with an Introduction by Sandi Toksvig

From the Back Cover

Banshee. Dragon. Tygress. She-Devil. Hussy. Siren. Wench. Harridan. Muckraker. Spitfire. Vituperator. Churail. Termagant. Fury. Warrior. Virago.

For centuries past, and all across the world, there are words that have defined and decried us. Words that raise our hackles, fire up our blood; words that tell a story.

In this blazing cauldron of a book, sixteen bestselling, award-winning writers have reclaimed these words, creating an entertaining and irresistible collection of feminist tales.

Including Kamila Shamsie's 'Churail', shortlisted for the BBC National Short Story Award.

'Dazzling stories, as inventive as they are inspiring' Daily Mirror

'All killer, no filler' Red Magazine

'Fizzing with energy, meaning and page-turner plots' Scotsman

Margaret Atwood
Susie Boyt
Eleanor Crewes
Emma Donoghue
Stella Duffy
Linda Grant
Annie Hodson
Claire Kohda
CN Lester
Kirsty Logan
Caroline O'Donoghue
Chibundu Onuzo
Helen Oyeyemi
Rachel Seiffert
Kamila Shamsie
Ali Smith

With an introduction by Sandi Toksvig

[Please note there is one new word for the paperback cover: Banshee
Please note there is one new name for the paperback cover: Annie Hodson]

Review Quotes

A slick collection of clever tales, with something for bluestockings and banshees alike--Observer

Delightful and thought-provoking--Perspective

Spell-binding . . . these vivid works of imagination are further proof that, back in 1973, Virago's founder Carmen Calil was on to something--Kiran Duggal, Harper's Bazaar

[Furies addresses] the full panoply of 'isms' such as racism, ageism, heroism, terrorism, and classism, all congregated under feminism--Irish Examiner

A collection of dazzling stories, as inventive as they are inspiring--Daily Mirror

A collection of wild works by wild women is the perfect tribute to Virago's impact and legacy--Tortoise Media

Definitely where power and feminist rage meet--Stylist

Some are historical, some are infused with the mystical and magical, some have threads of fierce commentary and some are laugh-out-loud funny. All of them fizz with energy, meaning and page-turner plots--The Scotsman

Some stories are historical, some are infused with the mystical and magical, some have threads of fierce commentary and some are laugh-out-loud funny. All of them fizz with energy, meaning and page-turner plots--The Press and Journal

This anthology is all killer, no filler--Red Magazine

About the Author

Between them, the authors of Furies have published more than two hundred works, with numerous national and international bestsellers. They have won awards including the Booker Prize, Giller Prize, International Booker Prize, Goodreads Choice Awards Best Graphic Novels & Comics, Stonewall Book Award, Ferro-Grumley Award, Women's Prize for Fiction, Orange Prize, Betty Trask Award, PEN Open Book Award, Anisfield-Wolf Book Award for Fiction, Goldsmiths Prize, and Encore Award; and they have been nominated for countless others. Together, their books have sold millions worldwide.