Lady Into Fox, (Paperback)

<p>Lady Into Fox</p><p>David Garnett</p><p>A newly-married couple are taking a leisurely walk through the woods in England when, without warning, the woman suddenly transforms into a fox. The grief-stricken husband does his best to look after his transformed wife after this astonishing change.That's the unlikely premise of <strong>Lady Into Fox</strong>. Other than the mysterious transformation of the woman, this short work is otherwise completely realistic, placing it in the category of contemporary fantasy or magic realism.Published in <strong>1922</strong>, the book quickly attracted critical attention and praise. It won both the <strong>James Tait Black Memorial Prize</strong> and the Hawthornden Prize, and was included by the writer <strong>Rebecca West</strong> in a list of the "best imaginative productions" of the 1920s alongside <strong>Virginia Woolf</strong>'s Orlando.<strong>Lady Into Fox</strong> was turned into a ballet in <strong>1939</strong> by the choreographer Andrée Howard, with music based on piano pieces by <strong>Arthur Hoenegger</strong>. Performed by <strong>Ballet</strong> Rambert, it was apparently a success.In <strong>1960</strong>, a French writer using the pseudonym "Vercours" wrote a novel titled Sylva directly inspired by Garnett's novel, in which the reverse transformation occurs: a fox on the run from a hunt is transformed into a naked young woman, who is taken in and cared for by the owner of a nearby manor. This novel, translated into English, was nominated for <strong>Best Novel</strong> in the <strong>Hugo Awards</strong> presented by the <strong>World Science Fiction Convention</strong> in <strong>1963</strong>.Lady Into Fox</p><p>David Garnett</p><p>A newly-married couple are taking a leisurely walk through the woods in England when, without warning, the woman suddenly transforms into a fox. The grief-stricken husband does his best to look after his transformed wife after this astonishing change.That's the unlikely premise of <strong>Lady Into Fox</strong>. Other than the mysterious transformation of the woman, this short work is otherwise completely realistic, placing it in the category of contemporary fantasy or magic realism.Published in <strong>1922</strong>, the book quickly attracted critical attention and praise. It won both the <strong>James Tait Black Memorial Prize</strong> and the Hawthornden Prize, and was included by the writer <strong>Rebecca West</strong> in a list of the "best imaginative productions" of the 1920s alongside <strong>Virginia Woolf</strong>'s Orlando.<strong>Lady Into Fox</strong> was turned into a ballet in <strong>1939</strong> by the choreographer Andrée Howard, with music based on piano pieces by <strong>Arthur Hoenegger</strong>. Performed by <strong>Ballet</strong> Rambert, it was apparently a success.In <strong>1960</strong>, a French writer using the pseudonym "Vercours" wrote a novel titled Sylva directly inspired by Garnett's novel, in which the reverse transformation occurs: a fox on the run from a hunt is transformed into a nak</p>

• Lady Into Fox, (Paperback)
• Author: Les Prairies Numeriques
• ISBN: 9791043135101
• Format: Paperback
• Publication Date: 2026-03-01
• Page Count: 82