Pond

Author: Bennett, Claire-Louise

Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Published on 10 April 2023 by Fitzcarraldo Editions in the United Kingdom.

Paperback | 184 pages
196 x 114 x 14 | 122g

Feverish and forthright,Pondis 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 womans relationship with her surroundings becomes boundless and increasingly bewildering. Claire-Louise Bennetts startlingly original first collection slips effortlessly between worlds and is by turns darkly funny and deeply moving.