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![]() | A Moment on the Edge (2004) 100 Years of Crime Stories by Women An anthology of stories edited by Elizabeth George |
Whether the story is a murder mystery, a tale of suspense, a psychological study of the characters affected by a devastating event, a courtroom drama, a police procedural ... the question remains the same. Why crime? Why exists this fascination with crime and why, above all, exists this fascination with crime on the part of female writers?
-- Elizabeth George
In A MOMENT ON THE EDGE, bestselling author Elizabeth George has selected a stunning collection of twenty-six crime stories from some of the best practitioners of the genre, who also happen to be some of the most successful women writers of our time.
These shocking and compulsively readable stories are arranged chronologically, starting with the classic "A Jury of Her Peers" by Susan Glaspell (1917). Also included are stories by Golden Age mystery writers Dorothy L Sayers and Ngaio Marsh, and New Golden Age author Sara Paretsky, as well as selections by writers outside the genre, such as Shirley Jackson, Nadine Gordimer, Antonia Fraser, and Joyce Carol Oates.
Collectively these stories illustrate how crimefiction -- especially that written by women about women -- has changed in the last hundred years. As Elizabeth George notes in her introduction, "All of these authors share in common a desire to explore mankind in a moment on the edge. The edge equates to the crime committed. How the characters deal with the edge is the story."
This is a must-have anthology for aficionados of crime fiction.
Genre: Mystery
-- Elizabeth George
In A MOMENT ON THE EDGE, bestselling author Elizabeth George has selected a stunning collection of twenty-six crime stories from some of the best practitioners of the genre, who also happen to be some of the most successful women writers of our time.
These shocking and compulsively readable stories are arranged chronologically, starting with the classic "A Jury of Her Peers" by Susan Glaspell (1917). Also included are stories by Golden Age mystery writers Dorothy L Sayers and Ngaio Marsh, and New Golden Age author Sara Paretsky, as well as selections by writers outside the genre, such as Shirley Jackson, Nadine Gordimer, Antonia Fraser, and Joyce Carol Oates.
Collectively these stories illustrate how crimefiction -- especially that written by women about women -- has changed in the last hundred years. As Elizabeth George notes in her introduction, "All of these authors share in common a desire to explore mankind in a moment on the edge. The edge equates to the crime committed. How the characters deal with the edge is the story."
This is a must-have anthology for aficionados of crime fiction.
Genre: Mystery
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Hardback Editions
July 2004 : Hardback
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June 2004 : Hardback
| Title: A Moment on the Edge: 100 Years of Crime Stories by Women Author(s): Elizabeth George ISBN: 0-06-058821-7 / 978-0-06-058821-2 (USA edition) Publisher: Harper Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
2002 : Hardback
| Title: A Moment on the Edge Author(s): Elizabeth George Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
Paperback Editions
July 2005 : Paperback
| Title: A Moment on the Edge: 100 Years of Crime Stories by Women Author(s): Elizabeth George Publisher: Harper Paperbacks Availability: Amazon More details... |
June 2005 : Paperback
| Title: A Moment on the Edge: 100 Years of Crime Stories by Women Author(s): Elizabeth George ISBN: 0-06-058822-5 / 978-0-06-058822-9 (USA edition) Publisher: Harper Perennial Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
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