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Pond by Claire-Louise Bennett

Pond by Claire-Louise Bennett

Feverish and forthright, Pond is an absorbing chronicle of the pitfalls and pleasures of a solitudinous life told by an unnamed woman living on the cusp of a coastal town. Broken bowls, belligerent cows, swanky aubergines, trembling moonrises and horrifying sunsets, the physical world depicted in these stories is unsettling yet intimately familiar and soon takes on a life of its own. Captivated by the stellar charms of seclusion but restless with desire, the woman’s relationship with her surroundings becomes boundless and increasingly bewildering. Claire-Louise Bennett’s startlingly original first collection slips effortlessly between worlds and is by turns darkly funny and deeply moving.

(Fitzcarraldo Editions)

Pond by Claire-Louise Bennett

Author

Claire-Louise Bennett

Publisher

Fitzcarraldo Editions

 Year Published

2015

Number of Pages

184

Book Type

Short Story Collection

Genres

Debut Book

Country

British Writing

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