Esther Freud
Author of Hideous Kinky
About the Author
Image credit: Esther Freud (1963- )
(AP Watt)
Works by Esther Freud
Rice Cakes and Starbucks 1 copy
Desire 1 copy
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- Canonical name
- Freud, Esther
- Birthdate
- 1963-05-02
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- UK
- Birthplace
- London, England, UK
- Places of residence
- London, England, UK
- Education
- The Drama Centre
- Occupations
- novelist
- Relationships
- Freud, Lucian (father)
Freud, Sigmund (great-grandfather)
Freud, Clement (uncle)
Morrissey, David (husband)
Freud, Emma (cousin)
Freud, Anna (great aunt) - Awards and honors
- Granta's Best of Young British Novelists (1993)
- Agent
- Georgia Garrett (AP Watt)
Clare Conville
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Group Read, May 2021: Hideous Kinky in 1001 Books to read before you die (May 2021)
Reviews
Una Infancia En Marraquech by Esther Freud
Crónica de las aventuras de una familia hippie por las tierras de Marruecos, allá en los años sesenta, a través de la mirada de una niña de cinco años. Novela autobiográfica con la que debutó su autora, hija de Lucien Freud, bisnieta de Sigmud Freud, y una de las más prometedoras novelistas inglesas
I normally love Esther Freud's writing - she's up there as one of my favourite authors - but this book was so poor compared to her other novels.
I don't know if her publishers put the squeeze on her or something, but this is such a mass market read with a cliched storyline centred around a woman forced into an Irish convent for unmarried mothers and the impact on her mother's and daughter's lives. There were none of the hallmarks of Freud's usual turn of phrase, and the storyline was horribly confused - halfway through and I still wasn't sure who was who, and from the reviews on Amazon I wasn't the only one.
2.5 stars - hugely disappointing. I hope this is not the kind of writing we're going to see from Freud going forward.… (more)
I don't know if her publishers put the squeeze on her or something, but this is such a mass market read with a cliched storyline centred around a woman forced into an Irish convent for unmarried mothers and the impact on her mother's and daughter's lives. There were none of the hallmarks of Freud's usual turn of phrase, and the storyline was horribly confused - halfway through and I still wasn't sure who was who, and from the reviews on Amazon I wasn't the only one.
2.5 stars - hugely disappointing. I hope this is not the kind of writing we're going to see from Freud going forward.… (more)
Adembenemend mooi boek over een jonge vrouw die bevalt in een klooster en haar dochter ter adoptie moet afstaan. Je leest het verhaal van drie personages: Aiophe (de moeder), Rosmalen en Katie die eigenlijk Isabelle heet. Alle drie de vrouwen hebben een intense relatie met hun man.
Beautifully written, interesting believable characters - but a bit hard to follow the plot / time line
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- Also by
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- Popularity
- #10,768
- Rating
- 3.8
- Reviews
- 109
- ISBNs
- 147
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- 9
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