Описание: SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMENS PRIZE FOR FICTION 2018
LONGLISTED FOR THE DYLAN THOMAS PRIZE 2018
SHORTLISTED FOR THE JHALAK PRIZE 2018
Guardians Best Books of 2017
Daily Telegraphs Best Books of 2017
Observer Best Books of 2017
Financial Times Best Books of 2017
Meena Kandasamys vivid, sharp and precise writing makes a triumph of When I Hit You.--Guardian
Set in modern India, the unnamed narrator falls in love with a university professor and agrees to be his wife. Based on the authors own experience of marriage, soon the newly-wed experiences extreme violence at her husbands hands and finds herself socially isolated. Intellectual and physical cruelty is explored. Yet hope keeps her alive. Writing becomes her salvation, a supreme act of defiance and, as the subtitle suggests, the novel is also about the act of writing itself and the way that fiction and stories can help you escape.
Though a harrowing story, Kandasamys writing is also funny, tender, and lyrical. When I Hit You is smart, fierce, and courageous.
