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SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2018
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Artikel-Nr:
9781786491275
Veröffentl:
2017
Seiten:
272
Autor:
Meena Kandasamy
eBook Typ:
EPUB
eBook Format:
Reflowable
Kopierschutz:
Digital Watermark [Social-DRM]
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2018LONGLISTED FOR THE DYLAN THOMAS PRIZE 2018SHORTLISTED FOR THE JHALAK PRIZE 2018Guardian's Best Books of 2017Daily Telegraph's Best Books of 2017Observer Best Books of 2017Financial Times Best Books of 2017"e;Meena Kandasamy's vivid, sharp and precise writing makes a triumph of When I Hit You"e;- GuardianSeduced by politics, poetry and an enduring dream of building a better world together, the unnamed narrator falls in love with a university professor. Moving with him to a rain-washed coastal town, she swiftly learns that what for her is a bond of love is for him a contract of ownership. As he sets about reducing her to his idealised version of an obedient wife, bullying her and devouring her ambition of being a writer in the process, she attempts to push back - a resistance he resolves to break with violence and rape.
SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2018LONGLISTED FOR THE DYLAN THOMAS PRIZE 2018SHORTLISTED FOR THE JHALAK PRIZE 2018Guardian's Best Books of 2017Daily Telegraph's Best Books of 2017Observer Best Books of 2017Financial Times Best Books of 2017"Meena Kandasamy's vivid, sharp and precise writing makes a triumph of When I Hit You"- GuardianSeduced by politics, poetry and an enduring dream of building a better world together, the unnamed narrator falls in love with a university professor. Moving with him to a rain-washed coastal town, she swiftly learns that what for her is a bond of love is for him a contract of ownership. As he sets about reducing her to his idealised version of an obedient wife, bullying her and devouring her ambition of being a writer in the process, she attempts to push back - a resistance he resolves to break with violence and rape.