Sympathy - Softcover

Sudjic, Olivia

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0993506267 ISBN 13: 9780993506260

Publisher: ONE, 2018

Synopsis

THE DEBUT THAT EVERYONE IS TALKING ABOUT FROM ONE OF THE MOST EXCITING YOUNG BRITISH NOVELISTS

'A gripping odyssey into one woman's online-addled inner life' -- Independent

'Reads likeThe Talented Mr Ripley for the 21st century' -- Vice UK

At twenty-three, Alice Hare arrives in New York looking for a place to call home. Instead she finds Mizuko Himura, an intriguing Japanese writer, who she begins to follow online, fixated from afar and increasingly convinced this stranger's life holds a mirror to her own. But as Alice closes in on her 'internet twin', fictional and real lives begin to blur, leaving a tangle of lies, blood ties and sexual encounters that cannot be erased.

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Review:

'A smart story of obsession and technology... exquisite... an astute, quirky, slow-burning satire on emerging codes of behaviour, intergenerational differences, globalisation, the tech industry and the vortex of the dark web' -- Guardian

'A stalker's story shows how the web has shaped a generation... This impressive novel is alive with clever ideas' -- The Times

' Engrossing... an intelligent and absorbing literary thriller that promises much for the future' -- Financial Times

'The best fictional account I've read of the way the internet has shaped our inner lives. A literary thriller that confirms the arrival of a major new talent' -- Observer, Fiction to Look out for in 2017

'Inventive and highly charged... good at evoking the tensions in a world where we can't switch off... a compelling mystery tale' -- Daily Telegraph

'A shrewd examination of how love stories are transformed by the distorting filter of the internet... super-smart... intriguing' -- Daily Mail

'Sudjic's book is stylish and smart... iPhone-smooth coolness' -- Observer

'Filled with explosive intelligence and dark humour, Sympathy is both beautiful and raw, and captures the essence of personal responsibility in the digital age' -- Elle, Author to Watch 2017

'Seductive, deeply compelling... poetic and unsettling... one of the most accomplished debuts I've read this year' -- Emerald Street

'The 28-year-old British author has written the book of the summer... Reads like The Talented Mr Ripley for the 21st century' -- VICE UK

'If last summer's must-read debut was Emma Cline's The Girls, this year its undoubtedly Olivia Sudjic's remarkable Sympathy' -- Vogue UK

'The addictive new book about Instagram that everyone is reading' -- Evening Standard

'A gripping odyssey into one woman's online-addled inner life' -- Independent

'Sympathy tracks a young woman's obsession with another, a fixation that is exacerbated by social media' --Esquire, Best Summer Books of 2017

'A damning read for the Instagram generation' -- Grazia

'Smart, funny and provoking, this warped love story is every bit as addictive as your ex's Instagram account' -- Refinery29

'Shot through with dark humour and prose that burns like a laptop overheating on your thighs, Sympathy captures the exquisite agony of life online' -- AnOther Magazine

'Sympathy is a haunting exploration of our digital lives, and as dizzyingly addictive as scrolling through your ex's Facebook pictures' -- Diva

'A stunning debut' -- BBC Radio Ulster

'A brilliantly claustrophobic read' -- Psychologies

'Phenomenal' -- Radio Gorgeous

'Absorbing... searing, well-crafted' -- The Lady

'A tale of obsession and doubling in the digitial age' -- Bookanista Spring 2017 Highlights

'Sympathy will double-click your heart' -- Vanity Fair

'Olivia Sudjic's exceptional debut... As with all the book's best moments, the arresting image and the gawky tone are inextricable from its pervasive melancholy' -- Literary Review

'A memorable debut. Sudjic's acute observations and sharp wit engage readers from the off, but the real revelation here is how Sympathy deepens and darkens as it goes into something altogether rawer, wiser and more challenging' -- Peter Ho Davies, author of The Fortunes

'A powerful and original novel' -- Diana Athill

' In this unbelievably accomplished first novel, Olivia Sudjic creates a narrator whose compelling voice is timeless, even as her obsessions and the tools she uses to satisfy them are up-to-the-minute modern. At once a riveting mystery and a literary tour de force, Sympathy had me spellbound from the first page to the last' -- Emily Gould, author of Friendship

'Olivia Sudjic elegantly explores the warped world of intimacies formed online - and how quickly those intimacies derail. Global in scope, as subtle as it is suspenseful, Sympathy is an extraordinary debut' --Idra Novey, author of Ways to Disappear

'A fiercely written and brilliantly realised debut novel about the warped world between online and real life identities... A must read!' -- Pages of Hackney, Summer Reading Guide

'Sympathy reads like a fluid fever dream... [Sudjic] masterfully integrates technology into her characters' lives' -- LitHub

'Clammy, claustrophobic and compulsively readable, Sympathy announces Olivia Sudjic as an author to watch' -- Culturefly

'Getting to know someone has always been a thorny affair. With the addition of personal devices the line between bonding and surveillance has become freakishly blurred. Sympathy is a mind-bending novel that skillfully depicts the bizarre interplay of technology and intimacy with a story that is compassionate, funny, and incredibly alarming' -- Claire-Louise Bennett, author of Pond

'An impressive debut. Complex, crisp and highly topical' -- Vesna Goldsworthy, author of Gorsky and Chernobyl Strawberries

'Olivia Sudjic has written a masterful, mysterious, mindfuck. A dark, nuanced, fantastical and thrilling debut novel, posing questions of reality vs. fiction and exploring the ways that infatuation causes us to lose ourselves' -- Chloe Caldwell, author of Women and I'll Tell You in Person

'Brilliant, compelling, beautifully written and deeply disturbing' --Martha Lane Fox

About the Author:

Olivia Sudjic was born in London in 1988. She studied English Literature at Cambridge University where she was awarded the E.G. Harwood English Prize and made a Bateman Scholar. She started writing her first novel, Sympathy, in 2014.

About this edition

• Publisher: ONE
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 0993506267
• ISBN 13: 9780993506260
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 416