Till September Petronella

In stories that span the course of a lifetime—from childhood in the Caribbean to adolescent modelling in Paris; and from lonely adulthood to old age and beyond—here are women adrift, at sea, down but not quite out. Penguin Modern: fifty new books celebrating the pioneering spirit of the iconic Penguin Modern Classics series, with each one offering a concentrated hit of its contemporary, international flavour. Here are authors ranging from Kathy Acker to James Baldwin, Truman Capote to Stanislaw...