Pip Williams shows how World War I transformed women’s lives: a new novel that captures the ‘poetic materiality’ of books

Jen Webb

Pip Williams shows how World War I transformed women’s lives: a new novel that captures the ‘poetic materiality’ of books

Jen Webb

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Despite the excellent crafting of this narrative of social history, what makes it stand out is its unwavering attention to books, and the making of books. Williams
beautifully describes the practices and traditions and rituals associated with what was a trade, then a craft, and is now an increasingly arcane art.

Original language	English
Pages	1-5
Number of pages	5
Volume	2023
No.	March
Specialist publication	The Conversation
Publication status	Published - 27 Mar 2023

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Pip Williams shows how World War I transformed women’s lives: a new novel that captures the ‘poetic materiality’ of books

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