Falling is Like Flying

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Brilliantly uncowed... Ablaze with specificity an unique material, this novel-cum-memoir lovingly conjures up the textures of a lost childhood world and lays them in powerful contrast to the brutality at the heart of the parent-child relationship -- Claire Lowdon * TLS, Books of the Year * Remarkable... Mesmerising, incantatory language * Irish Times * A memoir ultimately as uplifting as it is harrowing -- The New European Falling Is Like Flying is one of the best books I've read in years. It's unforgettable. The precision is remarkable and the language is so strong. Uphoff sings and screams, while she's turning the reality that most people prefer to see, inside out. Manon Uphoff is formidable and so is her novel -- Dorthe Nors, author of the International Booker shortlisted Mirror, Shoulder, Signal Blistering... puts words to the ineffable * TLS * Copious layers of beautiful language and imagery... Uphoff is evidently a master of language -- The Indiependent Uphoff does not mince her words: humans are like animals eternally tending to their wounds. Her incredibly sensitive, almost alchemical style contains echoes of Margaret Atwood, Maggie Nelson and Sylvia Plath * Humo * Devastates by showing that what is most painful contains great beauty as well. Falling is Like Flying is like a richly coloured stained-glass window, a starry sky of stylistic invention. * NRC Handelsblad * Manon Uphoff has succeeded in finding the language for a story that is almost impossible to tell * De Volkskrant * A captivating blend of densely expressive language and intimacy... testament to the necessity of exploring memory to reclaim, and celebrate, identity within and beyond abuse -- Dundee University Review of the Arts