The Small Backs of Children
- 2 Jan 2020
- 9781786892430
- £8.99
- 256 pp
- 129×198mm
- 2 Jan 2020
- 9781786892447
- £7.19
- 240 pp
In a few words
A fiercely provocative novel, exploring the treacherous borders between war and sex, love and art, from the author of The Book of Joan and The Chronology of Water
In a few words
A fiercely provocative novel, exploring the treacherous borders between war and sex, love and art, from the author of The Book of Joan and The Chronology of Water
Wild . . . genuinely subversive
A tour de force
Wild . . . genuinely subversive
A tour de force
More about
the book
In a war-torn village in Eastern Europe, an American photographer captures a heart-stopping image: a young girl fleeing a fiery explosion that has engulfed her home and family. It becomes an icon for millions, winning acclaim and prizes – and a subject of obsession for one writer, the photographer’s best friend, who has suffered a tragedy of her own. With the flash of a camera, one girl’s life is shattered and another’s is altered forever.
More about
the book
In a war-torn village in Eastern Europe, an American photographer captures a heart-stopping image: a young girl fleeing a fiery explosion that has engulfed her home and family. It becomes an icon for millions, winning acclaim and prizes – and a subject of obsession for one writer, the photographer’s best friend, who has suffered a tragedy of her own. With the flash of a camera, one girl’s life is shattered and another’s is altered forever.
Intensely corporeal, potently feminist, tenaciously written
Lidia Yuknavitch burns through sex, art, and war
Explosive . . . with a vital intensity that grabs at the gutstrings
Beautifully examines the fractures of loss and the myriad ways we can recover from it . . . A wild ride
Intensely corporeal, potently feminist, tenaciously written
Lidia Yuknavitch burns through sex, art, and war
Explosive . . . with a vital intensity that grabs at the gutstrings
Beautifully examines the fractures of loss and the myriad ways we can recover from it . . . A wild ride
Lidia Yuknavitch
View profileLidia Yuknavitch is the author of the novels The Book of Joan, The Small Backs of Children and Dora: A Headcase as well as a highly acclaimed memoir, The Chronology of Water. Her TED talk, ‘The Beauty of Being a Misfit’, has been watched over two million times. Lidia teaches in Oregon, where she lives with her husband and their son.
@LidiaYuknavitch | lidiayuknavitch.net
Lidia Yuknavitch
View profileLidia Yuknavitch is the author of the novels The Book of Joan, The Small Backs of Children and Dora: A Headcase as well as a highly acclaimed memoir, The Chronology of Water. Her TED talk, ‘The Beauty of Being a Misfit’, has been watched over two million times. Lidia teaches in Oregon, where she lives with her husband and their son.
@LidiaYuknavitch | lidiayuknavitch.net
