Fiction & Poetry, Modern & Contemporary Fiction
When I Hit You

When I Hit You

Hardback Published on: 04/05/2017
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When I Hit You
Powerful
What an unforgettable, astonishing and explosive read. A book that everyone can suit everyone. Extremely powerful and courageous read with a good insight o... READ MORE
Gemma at Elgin
When I Hit You
Raw and extraordinary
A very personal account of a highly educated Indian woman who, seduced by a whirlwind of prose and politics, falls in love and marries a university profess... READ MORE
Charlotte at Douglas
When I Hit You
Poetic, important, and incredible
I genuinely can't recommend this book enough. The sheer brilliance and poetry of the writing is enough to make this a must-read, but the rawness and hones... READ MORE
Helen at Scarborough
When I Hit You
Breathtakingly Powerful. YOU MUST READ!
I am just blow away. For anyone who has asked why women stay in abusive relationships. For anyone who has questioned a woman's strength. This book is an a... READ MORE
Rosy at Doncaster
When I Hit You
Absolutely a must-read
I can think of many superlative adjectives but they are just not enough somehow. Quite simply this book blew me away - so much to think about but packed wi... READ MORE
Fiona at Oban

Synopsis

SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2018
LONGLISTED FOR THE DYLAN THOMAS PRIZE 2018
SHORTLISTED FOR THE JHALAK PRIZE 2018

Guardian's Best Books of 2017
Daily Telegraph's Best Books of 2017
Observer Best Books of 2017
Financial Times Best Books of 2017

"Meena Kandasamy's vivid, sharp and precise writing makes a triumph of When I Hit You: Or, a Portrait of the Writer as a Young Wife(Atlantic)"- Guardian

Seduced by politics, poetry and an enduring dream of building a better world together, the unnamed narrator falls in love with a university professor. Moving with him to a rain-washed coastal town, she swiftly learns that what for her is a bond of love is for him a contract of ownership. As he sets about reducing her to his idealised version of an obedient wife, bullying her and devouring her ambition of being a writer in the process, she attempts to push back - a resistance he resolves to break with violence and rape.

Publisher information

  • Publisher: Atlantic Books
  • ISBN: 9781786491268
  • Number of pages: 256
  • Dimensions: 205 x 137 x 24 mm
  • Weight: 340g

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