Sara Maitland Book order (chronological)

Performing a deft metaphorical evisceration of Sigmund Freud’s classic 1919 essay that delved deeply into the tradition of horror writing, this freshly contemporary collection of literary interpretations reintroduces to the world Freud’s compelling theory of das unheimliche —or, the uncanny. Specifically designed to challenge the creative boundaries of some of the most famed and respected horror writers working today—such as A. S. Byatt, Christopher Priest, Hanif Kureishi, Frank Cottrell Boyce, Matthew Holness, and the indomitable Ramsey Campbell—this anatomically precise experiment encapsulates what the uncanny represents in the 21st century. Masterfully narrated with the benefit of unique perspectives on what exactly it is that goes bump in the night, this chilling modern collective is not only an essential read for fans of horror but also an insightful and intriguing introduction to the greats of the genre at their gruesome best.

Sara Maitland asks how we have arrived in a culture that values individualism, personal autonomy, independence and fulfilment higher than ever before in human history but at the same time is terrified of solitude. Delving into history to answer this question, she examines our changing culture through the ages and asks why and how we have periodically praised and then feared the practice of being alone, and those who seek it.

A magical exploration of the ancient landscape of forests and the ancient genre of fairytales, drawing fascinating and surprising connections between the two, by the author of the bestselling A Book Of Silence

After a noisy upbringing as one of six children, and adulthood as a vocal feminist and mother, Sara Maitland began to crave silence. Over the past five years, she has spent periods of silence in the Sinai desert, the Australian bush, and a remote cottage on the Isle of Skye. Her memoir of these experiences is interwoven with the history of silence through fairy-tale and myth, Western and Eastern religious traditions, the Enlightenment and psychoanalysis, up to the ambivalence towards silence in contemporary society. Maitland has built a hermitage on an isolated moor in Galloway, and the book culminates powerfully with her experiences of silence in this new home. "A Book of Silence" is a deeply thoughtful, honest and illuminating memoir about a phenomenon too often neglected in the contemporary world.

A collection of stories on women, from biblical heroines to simple housewives. The story, The Burning Times, is on lesbians in the Middle Ages, Fag Hags: A Field Guide, is on women who go out with gay men, and Siren Song is on some revengeful sirens.

In dieser Anthologie schreiben Frauen über Frauen. Die sieben Kurtzgeschichten moderner amerikanischer, britischer und australischer Autorinnen handeln von Frauen und Mädchen in unterschiedlischen sozialen Rollen, wobei sowohl die Beziehungen zum eigenen als auch zum anderen Geschlecht beleuchtet werden.Inhalt: Grace Paley, The Loud Voice; Kate Genville, The Test Is, If They Drown; Sara Maitland, The Wicked Stepmother's Tale; Louise Erdrich, The Leap; Alice Adams, A Wonderful Woman; Anne Devlin, The House; Thea Astley, Here Is Where the Home Is

To mark Oxfam's 50th anniversary, Virago and Oxfam present an anthology of international writers on food, with contributions from, among others, Maeve Binchy, Germaine Greer, Margaret Drabble, Attia Hosain and Maxine Hong Kingston. The 20 well-known women writers explore the nuances of love, nurturing, festivities, family and social bonds that people associate with growing, cooking and eating food through a mixture of autobiography, fiction, poetry and polemic. A photograph of each author introduces her piece and a favourite completes it. The book is also interspersed throughout with Worldwide Food Facts.

Written by the author of "Daughter of Jerusalem", "Virgin Territory" and "A Book of Spells", this is a story about three women - a mother, a daughter and grandaughter - who reach a crisis in their lives on a strange and significant night.