Frances Sherwood, Author . Norton $25.95 (352p) ISBN 978-0-393-02138-7
The golem, that legendary monster/ watchman/ savior supposedly created by Rabbi Judah Loew in Prague in 1601, has never lost its ability to inspire the creative imagination. Sherwood, whose last novel, Vindication, was a masterful interpretation of...
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Frances Sherwood, Author Farrar Straus Giroux $23 (402p) ISBN 978-0-374-16673-1
Green, muses Zoe McLaren, the conflicted, engaging protagonist of Sherwood's beautifully articulated coming-of-age novel, ``is the color of growth, newness, innocence.'' It also stands for naivete and jealousy, says Greylen Cloud, who claims he's a...
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Frances Sherwood, Author Farrar Straus Giroux $22 (435p) ISBN 978-0-374-28390-2
Sherwood's heralded debut is an arresting and convincing portrayal of Mary Wollstonecraft, the 18th-century author of The Vindication of the Rights of Woman and perhaps the first feminist. Lending her subject a modern sensibility, Sherwood describes
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Frances Sherwood, Author Penguin Books $12.95 (448p) ISBN 978-0-14-023668-2
This virtuosic novel about the life of Mary Wollstonecraft is compelling both in its evocation of 18th-century culture and its relevance to modern feminism. (Mar.)
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Frances Sherwood, Author W. W. Norton & Company $24.95 (425p) ISBN 978-0-393-05825-3
In her newest novel, Sherwood (The Book of Splendor) vividly recreates the resounding collision between Spanish and Aztec civilizations in 1519 that helped shape the New World. Ambitious and ruthless conquistador Hernn Corts leads an expedition to...
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