{"product_id":"re-sisters-the-lives-and-recordings-of-delia-derbyshire-margery-kempe-and-cosey-fanni-tutti","title":"Re-Sisters: The Lives and Recordings of Delia Derbyshire, Margery Kempe and Cosey Fanni Tutti","description":"Review\n\n\"A fascinating exploration of three relentless women and their pursuit of creative independence.\" - Kirkus\n\n\"I love Cosey Fanni Tutti. Simple as that.\" -- Nick Cave\n\nProduct Description\n\nFrom the acclaimed author of Art Sex Music comes a vital meditation on womanhood, creativity and self-expression, and a revelatory exploration into the lives of three visionary artists.\n\n'A fascinating tale of the interlinking lives of three legendary trailblazers.'\nSALENA GODDEN\n\n'Re-sisters emanates an enthralling power.'\nJUDE ROGERS, MOJO\n\n'Cosey Fanni Tutti has lived the life and has the stories to tell: not just hers, but those of two other still unheralded female pioneers.'\nJON SAVAGE\n\nMyself , Delia and Margery - a trinity of the sacred and profane , sinners and saints of a kind. Three defiant women with our individual, unconventional attitude to life. Untameable spirits, progressive thinkers living within the inherent societal constraints of our times.\n\nIn 2018, boundary-breaking visual and sonic artist Cosey Fanni Tutti received a commission to write the soundtrack to a film about Delia Derbyshire, the pioneering electronic composer who influenced the likes of Aphex Twin and the Chemical Brothers. While researching Delia's life, Cosey became immersed in Derbyshire's story and uncovered some fascinating parallels with her own life. At the same time Cosey began reading about Margery Kempe, the 15th century mystic visionary who wrote the first English language autobiography.\n\nRe-sisters is the story of three women consumed by their passion for life, a passion they expressed through music, art and lifestyle; they were undaunted by the consequences they faced in pursuit of enriching their lives, and fiercely challenged the societal and cultural norms of their time.\n\n'An impeccably researched meditation on womanhood as viewed through the lives of three firebrands.'\nFIONA STURGES, GUARDIAN\n\n'Awe-inspiring. Read these revelatory portraits: this book is for anybody who wants to discover the work of three women who, without fanfare, have enriched our world.'\nROBERT WYATT\n\n'Passionate, original and fiercely defiant.'\nRUPERT THOMSON\n\nReview\n\nA fascinating tale of the interlinking lives of three legendary trailblazers. -- Salena Godden\n\nCosey Fanni Tutti has lived the life and has the stories to tell: not just hers, but those of two other still unheralded female pioneers. -- Jon Savage\n\nSparked by coincidence and fuelled by strong feelings of like-mindedness, Cosey Fanni Tutti inhabits the lives of two famously iconoclastic women, Delia Derbyshire and Margery Kempe, clearly identifying them as both kindred spirits and profound sources of inspiration, and vividly blending their stories with her own. The result is pure Cosey Fanni Tutti: passionate, original, and fiercely defiant.\n-- Rupert Thomson\n\nAwe-inspiring. This book is for anybody who wants to discover the work of three women who, without fanfare, have enriched our world. -- Robert Wyatt\n\nAn impeccably researched meditation on womanhood as viewed through the lives of three firebrand. -- Fiona Sturges ― Guardian\n\nNever self-serving, always full of active curiosity about the ways distant artists compel and ignite us . . . Re-sisters emanates an enthralling power. -- Jude Rogers ― MOJO\n\nThis engaging entwining of lives is about defying your place as a woman, the freedom to define\nyourself, and preserving yourself among stultifying societal norms and patriarchal belittlement and\naggressions . . . Ultimately, what comes through, and is truly inspiring, is strength of character,\nstrength of creativity - true fortitude, no least in the face of trauma . . . They all transcend those\nexperiences and are truly alive in this book. -- Katrina Dixon ― The Wire\n\nRe-sisters digs up narratives of guile and wiliness, tales of flying under the radar, and emerges with a whole cryptology of female artistic liberation. My recommendation: get it, read it, hear it. ― Louder than War\n\nIn her fascinating new ","brand":"Faber \u0026 Faber","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40595642712149,"sku":"9780571362189N","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2481\/5790\/files\/95cbcce3-7623-4b21-97f9-114e8f70d647.jpg?v=1682420293","url":"https:\/\/smeikalbooks.co.uk\/en-us\/products\/re-sisters-the-lives-and-recordings-of-delia-derbyshire-margery-kempe-and-cosey-fanni-tutti","provider":"smeikalbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}