Streetwalker: An Autobiographical Account Of Prostitution
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Edition: 2nd impression
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Published anonymously and with unflinching candour, Streetwalker: An Autobiographical Account of Prostitution presents a raw, first-person chronicle of life on the margins of mid-twentieth century London, where one woman's circumstances lead her into the underground world of street prostitution. The narrative details the daily realities, dangers, and human encounters of a life rarely given a voice in print, cutting through moral judgement to present an intimate, street-level portrait of survival and identity in post-war Britain. Beyond its confessional power, Streetwalker holds significant literary and sociological weight, published by the distinguished house of The Bodley Head — the same imprint that championed controversial works by authors such as Graham Greene and Radclyffe Hall. The author's prose is spare yet deeply affecting, drawing the reader into a world of shadow and resilience that raises urgent questions about class, gender, and society's complicity in the conditions it condemns. Who, exactly, was this anonymous voice — and what became of her?
Author: Anonymous
Format: Hardback
Published: 1960, The Bodley Head
Genre: Biography
Edition: 2nd impression
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Published anonymously and with unflinching candour, Streetwalker: An Autobiographical Account of Prostitution presents a raw, first-person chronicle of life on the margins of mid-twentieth century London, where one woman's circumstances lead her into the underground world of street prostitution. The narrative details the daily realities, dangers, and human encounters of a life rarely given a voice in print, cutting through moral judgement to present an intimate, street-level portrait of survival and identity in post-war Britain. Beyond its confessional power, Streetwalker holds significant literary and sociological weight, published by the distinguished house of The Bodley Head — the same imprint that championed controversial works by authors such as Graham Greene and Radclyffe Hall. The author's prose is spare yet deeply affecting, drawing the reader into a world of shadow and resilience that raises urgent questions about class, gender, and society's complicity in the conditions it condemns. Who, exactly, was this anonymous voice — and what became of her?