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Dying, in Other Words is the debut novel of English author Maggie Gee, variously described as surrealist and modern gothic. pp. 213-221, Studia Neophilologica, Volume 69, Issue 2, 1997 It garnered "rave reviews" in The Observer and The Times. "Go Read More..

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Description	Dying, in Other Words is the debut novel of English author Maggie Gee, variously described as surrealist and modern gothic. pp. 213-221, Studia Neophilologica, Volume 69, Issue 2, 1997 It garnered "rave reviews" in The Observer and The Times. "Go on, get on with it: an interview with Maggie Gee". Retrieved 2013-07-28. According to the OUP's Good Fiction Guide, a "vividly written experimental novel" it made a "strong impression" when it was published in 1981.Jane Rogers (ed.), Good Fiction Guide, 2nd edition, OUP, 2005, p. 260. ISBN 019-280647-5 Containing "postmodernist gimmicks" DYING, IN OTHER WORDS by Maggie Gee \| Kirkus Retrieved 2013-07-28 and self-refexive structurespage 51, Murder by the Book?: Feminism and the Crime Novel By Sally Rowena Munt. it concerns a supposedly dead woman rewriting the story of her own death. Maggie Gee \| British Council Literature Retrieved 2013-07-28 The novel led to Gee appearing in the Granta Best of Young British Novelists list for 1983. writers' hub - Paint Brushes and Pitch Forks - Maggie Gee Retrieved 2013-08-05. Although in a 2012 interview Maggie Gee says that 'I see it as partly luck – the novel came out in July when nothing much was published then, the first review was a rave in The Observer, then The Times ran an extract and everyone fell into line, because critics are easily influenced. Go on, get on with it: an interview with Maggie Gee. Retrieved 2013-08-05.In a 1997 interview Gee admits: "I was 25 when I wrote that book, and I suppose I had more of an exhibitionist streak at that age. I had such fun with the playfulness. As I got older I realised that being categorized as experimental, although it gets you lots of review space, is death; also that you can frighten a lot of readers off."
Description	Dying, in Other Words is the debut novel of English author Maggie Gee, variously described as surrealist and modern gothic. pp. 213-221, Studia Neophilologica, Volume 69, Issue 2, 1997 It garnered "rave reviews" in The Observer and The Times. "Go on, get on with it: an interview with Maggie Gee". Retrieved 2013-07-28. According to the OUP's Good Fiction Guide, a "vividly written experimental novel" it made a "strong impression" when it was published in 1981.Jane Rogers (ed.), Good Fiction Guide, 2nd edition, OUP, 2005, p. 260. ISBN 019-280647-5 Containing "postmodernist gimmicks" DYING, IN OTHER WORDS by Maggie Gee \| Kirkus Retrieved 2013-07-28 and self-refexive structurespage 51, Murder by the Book?: Feminism and the Crime Novel By Sally Rowena Munt. it concerns a supposedly dead woman rewriting the story of her own death. Maggie Gee \| British Council Literature Retrieved 2013-07-28 The novel led to Gee appearing in the Granta Best of Young British Novelists list for 1983. writers' hub - Paint Brushes and Pitch Forks - Maggie Gee Retrieved 2013-08-05. Although in a 2012 interview Maggie Gee says that 'I see it as partly luck – the novel came out in July when nothing much was published then, the first review was a rave in The Observer, then The Times ran an extract and everyone fell into line, because critics are easily influenced. Go on, get on with it: an interview with Maggie Gee. Retrieved 2013-08-05.In a 1997 interview Gee admits: "I was 25 when I wrote that book, and I suppose I had more of an exhibitionist streak at that age. I had such fun with the playfulness. As I got older I realised that being categorized as experimental, although it gets you lots of review space, is death; also that you can frighten a lot of readers off."

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Name	Dying, In Other Words
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Authors	Maggie Gee
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Language	English
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Pages	215
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Isbn	0-71-080030-4
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Publisher	Harvester Press
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