When I Hit You: Or, A Portrait of the Writer as a Young Wife
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Shortlisted For The WomenS Prize For Fiction 2018Longlisted For The Dylan Thomas Prize 2018Shortlisted For The Jhalak Prize 2018A Best Book Of 2017Financial Timesthe Guardianthe Daily Telegraphthe ObserverMeena KandasamyS Vivid, Sharp And Precise Writing Makes A Triumph Of When I Hit You.The Guardianset 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 NewlyWed 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.
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