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Slip of a Fish: Shortlisted for the 2019 Goldsmith Prize: Winner of the 2018 Northern Book Prize

Slip of a Fish: Shortlisted for the 2019 Goldsmith Prize: Winner of the 2018 Northern Book Prize

by Amy Arnold (Author)

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    Paperback 2018

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Synopsis

Ash collects words, climbs trees and swims in a deserted lake with her beloved seven-year-old, Charlie. Bemused by everyday life, she has a rich and singular interior world. Over the course of a relentlessly hot summer, Charlie begins to pull away, and in a desperate attempt to reconnect with her daughter Ash does something unforgivable. As the gulf between them grows, Ash's life begins to slip out of her hold.Winner of the 2018 Northern Book Prize, Slip of a Fish is a joyously artful and quietly devastating portrait of motherhood, loss and love, in all its kaleidoscopic complexity.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 256
 Publisher: And Other Stories
Published: 01 Nov 2018
ISBN 10: 1911508520
ISBN 13: 9781911508526
Book Overview: Winner of the inaugural Northern Book Prize A brilliant writer's debut. Evokes the playfulness of Ali Smith and the mesmeric prose of Jon Fosse. Themes of motherhood and parental ambivalence are a hot topic now, eg books by Sheila Heti, Rachel Cusk and Rivka Galchen. An individual coming to terms with their sexuality Dazzling evocation of the natural world Will appeal to readers of innovative writing such as Deborah Levy, Anakana Schofield, Ali Smith

Media Reviews
`A fearless test of empathy, a tender sounding of a mind long since overgrown, and a disturbingly sensual work with a prose that skitters, sinks, hooks, pulls, resists, and flips high in gorgeous blinding flashes, Slip of a Fish heralds the arrival of a stunning new voice in English fiction.' Northern Book Prize judges praise
Author Bio
Amy Arnold was born in Oxford in 1974. She studied Neuropsychology at Birmingham University and has worked in a variety of jobs from packing swedes to teaching and lecturing. She lives in Cumbria, and in 2018 was awarded the inaugural Northern Book Prize for her debut novel, Slip of a Fish.