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When i hit you

Or, A Portrait of the Writer as a Young Wife
ID 328818
Slug when-i-hit-you
Contributors
Author : Meena Kandasamy
Annotation <p>"From one of India's boldest and most badass young voices, When I Hit You is a dazzling and provocative novel of an abusive marriage. Seduced by politics, poetry and an enduring dream of building a better world together, a young woman falls in love with a university professor. Moving with him to a rain-washed coastal town, she swiftly learns that what for her is a bond of love is for him a contract of ownership. As he sets about reducing her to his idealised version of an obedient wife, bullying her and devouring her ambition of being a writer in the process, she attempts to push back - a resistance he resolves to break with violence and rape."</p>
Description <p>SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2018LONGLISTED FOR THE DYLAN THOMAS PRIZE 2018SHORTLISTED FOR THE JHALAK PRIZE 2018'EXPLOSIVE' - GUARDIAN</p>
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300 Literaire fictie algemeen NUR
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Publisher Atlantic
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Language eng
Page count 272
Duration
Publication date first 2018-08-01
Publication date latest 2018-08-01
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  • ISBN: 9781786491282 (BC)

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