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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Ines Bayard , Adriana HunterPublisher: Other Press LLC Imprint: Other Press LLC Weight: 0.368kg ISBN: 9781892746870ISBN 10: 1892746875 Pages: 272 Publication Date: 16 June 2020 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsRemarkable...Bayard's writing is sharp, cold, precise, and sends chills down your spine. You read this novel with bated breath. --La Presse An unsettling first novel...Expert at delving into the pains of a woman's body and soul, far from all cliche, Ines Bayard plunges the reader into a zone of discomfort. --L'Express As effective as it is disturbing...a staggering, unflinching novel. --Culturebox A short, sharp debut...a cry of anguish and fury about how easily men get away with committing sexual violence, and how devastating the consequences are for women. Bayard is a muscular, propulsive writer, and the novel, elegantly translated by Adriana Hunter, feels urgent, immediate. You can't stop reading, even as you want to look away. --New York Times Book Review [A] stunning debut...with a defiant, feral energy that has echoes of Elena Ferrante's Days of Abandonment...a powerful study of sexual violence and its aftermath. --Publishers Weekly (starred review) A provocative novel that plunges into the recesses of women's psyches. --Foreword Reviews Remarkable...Bayard's writing is sharp, cold, precise, and sends chills down your spine. You read this novel with bated breath. --La Presse An unsettling first novel...Expert at delving into the pains of a woman's body and soul, far from all cliche, Ines Bayard plunges the reader into a zone of discomfort. --L'Express As effective as it is disturbing...a staggering, unflinching novel. --Culturebox Author InformationIn s Bayard was born in Toulouse, France, in 1991. She lived and studied in Paris for several years before relocating in 2017 to Berlin, where she is currently based. This Little Family is her first novel. Adriana Hunter studied French and Drama at the University of London. She has translated more than eighty books, including Veronique Olmi's Bakhita and Herve Le Tellier's Electrico W, winner of the French-American Foundation's 2013 Translation Prize in Fiction. She lives in Kent, England. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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