Bottled Goods

Longlisted for Women's Prize for Fiction 2019

Sophie van Llewyn author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Fairlight Books

Published:11th Jul '18

£7.99

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Longlisted for The Women's Prize for Fiction 2019, The Republic of Consciousness Prize 2019 and The People's Book Prize 2018. 'Enjoyable to read' - Dolly Alderton, The High Low. When Alina's brother-in-law defects to the West, she and her husband become persons of interest to the secret services, causing both of their careers to come grinding to a halt. As the strain takes its toll on their marriage, Alina turns to her aunt for help - the wife of a communist leader and a secret practitioner of the old folk ways. Set in 1970s communist Romania, this novella-in-flash draws upon magic realism to weave a tale of everyday troubles that can't be put down. 'A story to savour, to smile at, to rage against and to weep over.' - Zoe Gilbert, author of 'Folk'

‘A story to savour, to smile at, to rage against and to weep over’ – Zoe Gilbert, author of Folk; ‘Sophie van Llewyn’s stunning debut novella shows us there is no dystopian fiction as frightening as that which draws on history’ —Christina Dalcher, author of 'VOX'; ‘A masterful blend of the political and the personal, the magical and the mundane, the historical and the hyperbolic' —Ingrid Jendrzejewski, editor-in-chief of FlashBack Fiction; ‘This is an impressive debut in the tradition of Eastern European Absurdist fiction’ —Jude Higgins, Bath Flash Fiction Award organiser; ‘Sophie van Llewyn has brought light into an era which cast a long shadow’ —Joanna Campbell, author of When Planets Slip Their Tracks; ‘The uncertainties of life and love, and the insatiable quest for freedom – bottled neatly in a set of stories that captivate and enchant’ —Michelle Elvy, coordinator of New Zealand’s Flash Fiction Day and Bath Flash Fiction Award judge; ‘A tour de force, a harrowing and ultimately triumphant story, a must-read by a masterful writer’ —Christopher Allen, author of 'Other Household Toxins'; ‘A dizzying, daring window on life in Ceausescu’s Romania’ —Stephanie Hutton, author of 'Three Sisters of Stone'; ‘A lucid and powerfully affecting story’ —Helen Rye, winner of the Bath Flash Fiction Award; ‘This stunning historical novella […] is both tense and atmospheric’ —Mslexia; 'The prose is tight, witty, vivid and atmospheric […] Every word on the page pulls its weight’ —Litro; ‘Van Llewyn’s use of language is hypnotic and the worlds she creates stark and grotesque, calling to mind Shirley Jackson or Muriel Spark’ —Smokelong magazine

ISBN: 9781912054305

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190 pages