Negative Space
Zoe Strachan(Author)
Picador (Publisher)
Published on 22. February 2002
Book
Paperback/Softback
304 pages
978-0-330-48579-1 (ISBN)
Description
A fierce and living story of grief and the search for identity. A brilliant young female voice.Dying at twenty four is unnatural, but Simon did, leaving his sister alone and haunted by the past. In the harsh anonymity of Glasgow, she moves through artists' studios, gazing down at her hollow naked body, thwarted in any attempt at self-realisation. It seems her fractured world is now completely torn apart. Clutching at refuge where she can find it, she tries to decide whether secrets are better exposed, or buried. Then an unexpected trip to Orkney offers a change in her tense and frightening world, and perhaps an answer to the question, what do you do when you don't know what to do? In a voice that is bright and emotionally authentic, Negative Space is a painfully honest book and one of the most powerful debuts for many years.
Reviews / Votes
When Simon died at 24 his sister was left alone and haunted by the past. In the harsh anonymity of Glasgow it appears that her fractured world has been completely torn apart. Then a trip to Orkney offers a change in her tense and frightening world.An emotionally authentic, painfully honest debut novel.More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Pan Macmillan
Product notice
Paperback (UK-trade)
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 153 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
351 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-330-48579-1 (9780330485791)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Born in 1975, Zoe Strachan grew up in Kilmarnock and currently lives in Glasgow. Her first novel, Negative Space, won a Betty Trask Award and was shortlisted for the Saltire First Book of the Year Award.