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When I Hit You Meena Kandasamy

When I Hit You By Meena Kandasamy

When I Hit You by Meena Kandasamy

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Summary

From one of India's boldest and most badass young voices, Kandasamy's second novel is a dazzling and provocative novelised account of her own abusive marriage.

LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2018
LONGLISTED FOR THE DYLAN THOMAS PRIZE 2018
SHORTLISTED FOR THE JHALAK PRIZE 2018

When I Hit You Summary

When I Hit You by Meena Kandasamy

SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2018
LONGLISTED FOR THE DYLAN THOMAS PRIZE 2018
SHORTLISTED FOR THE JHALAK PRIZE 2018

Guardian's Best Books of 2017
Daily Telegraph's Best Books of 2017
Observer Best Books of 2017
Financial Times Best Books of 2017

Meena Kandasamy's vivid, sharp and precise writing makes a triumph of When I Hit You: Or, a Portrait of the Writer as a Young Wife(Atlantic)- Guardian

Seduced by politics, poetry and an enduring dream of building a better world together, the unnamed narrator 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.

When I Hit You Reviews

Probably one of the most important and shocking and poetic books of 2017 * Readwomen *
Courageous and brave and disturbing and will stay with you for a long time * Stylist *
Fierce and unforgettable * Culturefly *
Searing... I read it in a single sitting * Fatima Bhutto *
Brilliant... Astonishing... By far the best read of the year * Women Writers *
This book is so so good. One of the best of the year -- Nikesh Shukla
Such raw, lyrical reading * RTE Arena *
A brilliant but brutal punch to the guts -- Monisha Rajesh
Urgent... It's beating heart is a universally recognised quest for freedom and meaning in a world where women are still shockingly undervalued * Financial Times *
Heartbreaking... It isn't an easy read, but it is an important one * The F-Word *
A punch to the gut * The Wire *
The best thing I've read in 2017. Simultaneously heartbreaking and uplifting, it's a work of considerable power * The Page is Printed *
Read it as an extended prose poem, a feminist anthem, an experiment with life. But do read it. * The Daily O *
Profoundly moving and very cleverly constructed. The intensity of the narrator and unflinching lens on abuse made it unputdownable. A power house of a book. * Ali Land, author of Good Me Bad Me *

About Meena Kandasamy

Meena Kandasamy (born 1984) is a poet, fiction writer, translator and activist who was born in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. She has published two collections of poetry, Touch (2006) and Ms. Militancy (2010), and the critically acclaimed novel, Gypsy Goddess. She currently lives in East London.

Additional information

GOR008175221
9781786491268
1786491265
When I Hit You by Meena Kandasamy
Meena Kandasamy
Used - Very Good
Hardback
Atlantic Books
20170504
256
Short-listed for The Women's Prize for Fiction 2018 (UK)
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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