Nirmal Gurung

The Street That Forged Them: Poverty, Survival, and Female Solidarity in Pat Barker's Union Street

Pat Barker's first novel, Union Street (1982), is a stark portrait of working-class women in a decaying industrial town in the north of England. Seven linked stories, each centering on a different woman or girl living on or near the same street, form a collective narrative of har...

The Street That Forged Them: Poverty, Survival, and Female Solidarity in Pat Barker's Union Street

Pat Barker's first novel, Union Street (1982), is a stark portrait of working-class women in a decaying industrial town in the north of England. Seven linked stories, each centering on a different woman or girl living on or near the same street, form a collective narrative of har...