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Somebody Loves You

Mona Arshi

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A major poet's fiction debut; a childhood not of screams but silence; a sensuous edge-of-danger tone, a la Deborah Levy

Shortlisted for the 2022 Goldsmiths Prize Shortlisted for the 2022 Jhalak Prize Longlisted for the 2022 Republic of Consciousness Prize Longlisted for the 2022 Desmond Elliott Prize A teacher asked me a question, and I opened my mouth as a sort of formality but closed it softly, knowing with perfect certainty that nothing would ever come out again. Ruby gives up talking at a young age. Her mother isn't always there to notice; she comes and goes and goes and comes, until, one day, she doesn't. Silence becomes Ruby's refuge, sheltering her from the weather of her mother's mental illness and a pressurized suburban atmosphere. Plangent, deft, and sparkling with wry humour, Somebody Loves You is a moving exploration of how we choose or refuse to tell the stories that shape us.

Format:
Paperback / softback
Pages:
176
Publisher:
and Other Stories
ISBN:
9781913505165
Published Date:
16/11/2021
Dimensions:
198mm x 129mm
Category:
Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

RRP: £11.99

Format: Paperback / softback

ISBN: 9781913505165

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