Daringly inventive in form and subject, Siri Hustvedt’s seventh novel is a flight of superb imagination. Carrying echoes of Hustvedt’s own life, the novel follows a young woman as she attempts to find her identity and her voice amidst the noise of New York. Facing, head on, the challenges of Trump-era America and pulling at the narrative threads of sexual expression and economic freedom, it is writing to savour.
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A provocative, wildly funny, intellectually rigorous and engrossing novel, punctuated by Siri Hustvedt's own illustrations - a tour de force by one of America's most acclaimed and beloved writers.
Fresh from Minnesota and hungry for all New York has to offer, twenty-three-year-old S.H. embarks on a year that proves both exhilarating and frightening - from bruising encounters with men to the increasingly ominous monologues of the woman next door.
Forty years on, those pivotal months come back to vibrant life when S.H. discovers the notebook in which she recorded her adventures alongside drafts of a novel. Measuring what she remembers against what she wrote, she regards her younger self with curiosity and often amusement. Anger too, for how much has really changed in a world where the female presidential candidate is called an abomination?
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
ISBN: 9781473694415
Number of pages: 336
Weight: 546 g
Dimensions: 242 x 162 x 33 mm
S.H. Discovers her old notebook and drafts of her first novel, looking back in time to find out who she was. This book is a portrait of an artist as a young woman; she comes to New York to live, to suffer for her art... More
I’ve admired Siri Hustvedt since I came across one of her articles during one of my endless essay research days at university, so when she released this memoir I was keen to pick it up. Captivating, thought-provoking,... More
I love Siri Hustvedt's work but this one took me a little longer to get into than usual. The narrative style, of the novelist writing her own life but also writing a novel and interweaving reality and fiction... More
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