Salt Slow

Fiction & Poetry, Modern & Contemporary Fiction

Julia Armfield (author)

Paperback Published on: 19/03/2020

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Eerily entrancing.

An unsettling and subtly horrifying exploration of the issues and fears created by modern society. Armstrong unveils the potential for menace lying beneath... READ MORE

Katy@Guildford

Gothic style and satisfyingly gruesome endings

Armfield’s debut is a deliciously macabre short story collection exploring the female body across a range of physical processes and transformations, from h... READ MORE

Emily at Berkhamsted

haunting, lyrical, beautiful

Having read Our Wives Under the Sea and adored it, I couldn't wait to finally get out of my reading slump and read her debut collection Salt Slow. It's ... READ MORE

Rhea | Barnstaple

Synopsis

Longlisted for the Polari First Book Prize 2020

Shortlisted for the Sunday Times / University of Warwick Young Writer of the Year Award 2019

The electrifying debut from the 2018 White Review Short Story Prize Winner

In her brilliantly inventive and haunting debut collection of stories, Julia Armfield explores bodies and the bodily, mapping the skin and bones of her characters through their experiences of isolation, obsession, love and revenge.

Teenagers develop ungodly appetites, a city becomes insomniac overnight, and bodies are diligently picked apart to make up better ones. The mundane worlds of schools and sleepy sea-side towns are invaded and transformed, creating a landscape which is constantly shifting to hold on to its inhabitants. Blurring the mythic and the gothic with the everyday, salt slow considers characters in motion - turning away, turning back or simply turning into something new entirely.

Winner of The White Review Short Story Prize 2018, Armfield is a writer of sharp, lyrical prose and tilting dark humour - salt slow marks the arrival of an ambitious and singular new voice.

Publisher: Pan Macmillan
ISBN: 9781529012590
Number of pages: 208
Weight: 156g
Dimensions: 197 x 130 x 15 mm

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A Great Collection of Short Stories to Get You Thinking.

12 Show more Review Really interesting discussions to make from each short story. Would highly recommend for book clubs looking for something a bit differe... READ MORE

Nicole @hemelwstones

Short Stories

I don't often read short story collections so this book had sat in my to be read pile for quite a while. I completely enjoyed them but my favourite has to ... READ MORE

Fiona Sharp

Incredible.

Wow. Incredible. Feels like M John Harrison and Angela Carter rolled into one. Best thing I've read in the last 6 months at least and it's jostling with "T... READ MORE

Max Doughty

A great collection

A brilliant collection of short stories, Salt Slow caught my eye when it arrived as a paperback a couple of days back. Initially the cover but I’m always i... READ MORE

Big Bearded Bookseller

Packed with meaning and metaphor

I got a proof of this book from the publisher, and off the bat this collection seemed perfect for fans of Fen and The Bloody Chamber. Salt Slow is a collec... READ MORE

Hannah Herraghty