Claire-Louise Bennett

Checkout 19

'A book to shake the world anew' Sebastian Barry

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'Extraordinary . . . radiant' Sunday Times 'An existential tour-de-force' Eimear McBride 'Elatingly risky' Guardian 'We read in order to come to life.' With fierce imagination, a woman revisits the moments that shape her life; from crushes on teachers to navigating relationships in a fast-paced world; from overhearing her grandmothers' peculiar stories to nurturing her own personal freedom and a boundless love of literature. Fusing fantasy with lived experience, Checkout 19 is a vivid and mesmerising journey through the small traumas and triumphs that define us - as readers, as writers, as human beings.* A 'Books of 2021' pick in the Guardia… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-1-5291-1499-7
EAN: 9781529114997
Produktnummer: 37853641
Verlag: Random House UK
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2022
Seitenangabe: 240 S.
Ausstattung: B-Format Paperback
Masse: H19.8 cm x B12.9 cm x D1.5 cm 170 g
Gewicht: 170

Über den Autor

Claire-Louise Bennett grew up in Wiltshire and studied literature and drama at the University of Roehampton, before moving to Ireland where she worked in and studied theatre for several years. In 2013 she was awarded the inaugural White Review Short Story Prize and her debut book, Pond, was shortlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize in 2016. Claire-Louise's fiction and essays have appeared in a number of publications including White Review, Stinging Fly, gorse, Harper's Magazine, Vogue Italia, Music & Literature, and New York Times Magazine.