The Juniper Tree - Barbara Comyns

The Juniper Tree by Barbara Comyns / ISBN 9781681371313 / 192-page paperback from New York Review Books Classics I love this writer. *** A modern reimagining of a classic fairy tale by one of most bewitching, idiosyncratic British writers of the twentieth century. “Comyns’s world is weird and wonderful . . . there’s also something uniquely original about her voice. Tragic, comic and completely bonkers all in one, I’d go as far as to call her something of a neglected genius.” —Lucy Scholes, The Observer “The Juniper Tree, which appeared in 1985, is one of Comyns’s most successful, confident and curious productions. It has the clear pure narrative quality of a fable, but also shows a humanity and maturity.” —Margaret Drabble Bella Winter has hit a low. Homeless and jobless, she is the mother of a toddler by a man whose name she didn’t quite catch, and her once pretty face is disfigured by the scar she acquired in a car accident. Friendless and without family, she’s recently disentangled