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Julia Darling


Born
in Winchester, The United Kingdom
August 21, 1956

Died
April 13, 2005

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Genre
Literature & Fiction, Poetry


Julia Darling was born in Winchester in 1956 in the house Jane Austen died in. She moved to Newcastle in 1980 and began her writing career as a poet, working with a performance group 'The Poetry Virgins' for many years, 'taking poetry to the places that least expected it'[citation needed].

In 1995 she published a book of short stories, Bloodlines with Panurge Press, and many of these stories were broadcast on BBC Radio 4. In 1998 her first novel Crocodile Soup was published by Anchor at Transworld. The novel went on to be published in Canada, Australia, Europe and the United States and was long-listed for the Orange Prize. Her second Novel, The Taxi Driver's Daughter, was published by Penguin and long-listed for the Man Booker Prize and shor ...more

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Average rating: 3.53 · 733 ratings · 102 reviews · 24 distinct works • Similar authors
Crocodile Soup
3.48 avg rating — 390 ratings — published 1999 — 11 editions
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The Taxi Driver's Daughter
3.34 avg rating — 217 ratings — published 2003 — 5 editions
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The Poetry Cure
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4.03 avg rating — 37 ratings — published 2005
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Sudden Collapses in Public ...
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Apology for Absence
4.19 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2004
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An Ant's Guide to Being an Ant
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Pearl: and other stories
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Indelible, Miraculous
3.78 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2015 — 3 editions
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Appointments
2.86 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2015
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Magnetic North
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“But I'm already living the rest of my life
not under conditions of my choosing
wired into pain”
― Julia Darling, The Poetry Cure
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“Harmless, by experts. Even the simplest poem
May destroy your immunity to human emotions.
All poems must carry a Government warning Words
Can seriously affect your heart.”
― Julia Darling, The Poetry Cure
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“You ask me how I'm going to live
the rest of my life
Well, nothing is predictable with pain”
― Julia Darling, The Poetry Cure
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