When I Hit You: SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2018 - Softcover

Kandasamy, Meena

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1786491281 ISBN 13: 9781786491282

Publisher: Atlantic Books, 2018

Synopsis

Longlisted for the Jhalak Prize, 2018
Longlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize, 2018

Coming with giant grass-roots support and extraordinary critical acclaim, When I Hit You has moved readers to laughter, to anger, to tears... and to action.

Caught in the hook of love, a young woman marries a dashing university professor. She moves to a rain-washed coastal town to be with him, but behind closed doors she discovers that her perfect husband is a perfect monster. As he sets about battering her into obedience and as her family pressures her to stay in the marriage, she swears to fight back - a resistance that will either kill her or set her free.

Guardian's Best Books of 2017
Daily Telegraph's Best Books of 2017
Observer Best Books of 2017
Financial Times Best Books of 2017

About this title

Review:

‘Explosive’-- Guardian

‘Urgent’ -- Financial Times

‘Courageous and brave and disturbing and will stay with you for a long time’ -- Stylist

‘One of the most important and shocking and poetic books of 2017’ -- Readwomen

‘Fierce and unforgettable’ -- Culturefly

‘Brilliant... Astonishing... By far the best read of the year’ -- Women Writers

‘This book is so so good. One of the best of the year’ -- Nikesh Shukla

From the Author:

Meena Kandasamy is a poet, fiction writer, translator and activist who was born in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. She has published two collections of poetry, Touch (2006) and Ms. Militancy (2010), and the critically acclaimed novel, Gypsy Goddess. She currently lives in East London.

About this edition

• Publisher: Atlantic Books
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1786491281
• ISBN 13: 9781786491282
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 272