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Synopsis
Dying at twenty four is unnatural. But that's what Simon did, leaving his sister in shock, alone and haunted by the past. In the harsh but strangely comforting anonymity of Glasgow, she moves dazedly from artists' studios to smoky pubs, clutching at comfort wherever she can find it, in drink or sex. Her already fractured world seems now to have been torn apart, as she struggles with the question of whether secrets are better exposed or buried. But an unexpected trip to Orkney at last offers a change in her tense and frightening world. NEGATIVE SPACE is a harshly honest yet beautiful novel, and one of the most powerful debuts of recent times.
'Strachan has a perfect eye for the small detail of suffering . . . The intimate, first-person voice drifts between past and present tense with astonishing effectiveness . . . This is a complex, mature novel with thought-provoking, well-crafted themes' Independent on Sunday
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About the Author
Born in 1975, Zoë Strachan grew up in Kilmarnock and currently lives in Glasgow. Her first novel, Negative Space, won a Betty Trask Award and was shortlisted for the Saltire First Book of the Year Award.
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Received Betty Trask Award
Shortlisted for the Saltire Scottish First Book of the Year Award
Longlisted SAC Book of the Year Award
Negative Space is a vibrant, intimate novel, rich with emotion and humour. After the death of her much-loved brother, the young narrator falls to pieces. Glasgow, with its windswept streets and smoky bars, is haunted by memories of him, and she finds no comfort in work, friendships or sex. But then she leaves the city for Orkney, and the healing process begins in a way no one could have predicted.
With delicacy and great tenderness, Zoe Strachan traces the process of grief, from paralysis to its most self-destructive excesses. As the story unfurls before the reader, it emerges as a powerful tale of great courage, optimism and humour.
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- PublisherPicador
- Publication date2003
- ISBN 10 0330485784
- ISBN 13 9780330485784
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages304
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