Cold Light
Published on 12. May 2011
352 pages
978-1-4447-0771-7 (ISBN)
Description
An unsettling, darkly humorous tale of teenage girls in a predatory adult world, and a cocktail of lies, jealousy and unworldliness that leads to tragedy.
Reviews / Votes
Ashworth's novel is bleak and gritty, painting an uncompromising portrait of teenage life . . . In the best possible way this novel is an uncomfortable read. * The Sunday Times * Haunting . . . it is told by the hand of a true storyteller. * Independent * Award-winning Jenn Ashworth leavens a bleak but pacey story with dry, wry humour, resulting in an extraordinarily perceptive and beautifully written novel * Sunday Express * Another cleverly skewed tale told from the self-conscious perspective of an outsider . . . arrestingly observant . . . Ashworth's second book confirms that the first was no one-off . . . her talent could take her a long way * Guardian * A chilling, blackly funny novel with a surreal edge about the intensity of teenage friendship. * Grazia *More details
Edition
Digital original
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Hodder & Stoughton General Division (Digital)
Edition type
Digital original
File size
0,58 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-4447-0771-7 (9781444707717)
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Jenn Ashworth is the author of the novels A Kind of Intimacy, which won a Betty Trask Award, Cold Light, The Friday Gospels, Fell and Ghosted: A Love Story, which was shortlisted for the Portico Prize. In 2011, she was featured on BBC Two's The Culture Show as one of the twelve Best New British Novelists. She has also written a memoir-in-essays, Notes Made While Falling, which was shortlisted for the Gordon Burn Prize. She lives in Lancashire and is a Professor of Writing at Lancaster University.
