With fierce imagination, a woman revisits the moments that shape her life; from crushes on teachers to navigating relationships in a fast-paced world; from overhearing her grandmothers’ peculiar stories to nurturing her own personal freedom and a boundless love of literature. Fusing fantasy with lived experience, ‘Checkout 19’ is a vivid and mesmerising journey through the small traumas and triumphs that define us – as readers, as writers, as human beings.
Checkout 19
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Description
A New York Times 10 Best Books of 2022 Selection
‘Extraordinary . . . radiant’ Sunday Times
‘An existential tour-de-force’ Eimear McBride
‘Elatingly risky’ Guardian
‘We read in order to come to life.’
With fierce imagination, a woman revisits the moments that shape her life; from crushes on teachers to navigating relationships in a fast-paced world; from overhearing her grandmothers’ peculiar stories to nurturing her own personal freedom and a boundless love of literature.
Fusing fantasy with lived experience, Checkout 19 is a vivid and mesmerising journey through the small traumas and triumphs that define us – as readers, as writers, as human beings.
* A ‘Books of 2021’ pick in the Guardian, Daily Mail, Daily Telegraph, Irish Times Culture and New Statesman *
‘This is her new book to shake the world anew’ Sebastian Barry
‘Mesmerising, whip-smart, full of genius . . . It is also very funny’ Elaine Feeney
‘Her voice is all her own’ Anne Enright
Additional information
| Weight | 0.17 kg |
|---|---|
| Dimensions | 19.8 × 12.9 × 1.5 cm |
| Book_author | Bennett, Claire-Louise |
| Publisher | Vintage |
| Imprint | Vintage |
| Cover | Paperback |
| Pages | 256 |
| Language | English |
| Edition | 1st paperback ed |
| Dewey | 823.92 (edition:23) |
| Readership | General – Trade / Code: K |
