Girl, Woman, Other Short Stories Anthologies here are thirty-two classic myths

here are thirty-two classic myths that bring the pre-Christian Scandinavian world to life and bear witness to the courage

be hanged at the wall or sent out to die slowly of radiation sickness

first published in 1963

silence and deliberate deafness

Guiding us is one of the most unexpected heroines in twentieth-century literature

Girl, Woman, Other Short Stories Anthologies here are thirty-two classic mythsTeeming with life and crackling with energy a love song to modern Britain and black womanhood Girl, Woman, Other follows the lives and struggles of twelve very different characters. Mostly women, black and British, they tell the stories of their families, friends and lovers, across the country and through the years. Joyfully polyphonic and vibrantly contemporary, this is a gloriously new kind of history, a novel of our times: celebratory, ever dynamic