little scratch
by Rebecca Watson
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Pub Date 14 Jan 2021 | Archive Date 14 Jan 2021
Faber and Faber Ltd | Faber & Faber
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Description
little scratch tells the story of a day in the life of an unnamed woman, living in a lower-case world of demarcated fridge shelves and office politics; clock-watching and WhatsApp notifications. In a voice that is fiercely wry, touchingly delicate and increasingly neurotic, the protagonist relays what it takes to get through the quotidian detail of that single trajectory - from morning to night - while processing recent sexual violence.
little scratch is about the coexistence of monotony with our waking, intelligent lives. It is a powerful evocation of how the external and internal aspects of our lives exist in a helix, and what it means to live out the course of a single day consumed by trauma.
Advance Praise
'little scratch is a story that is urgent. It is a story that needs to be told.' – Meena Kandasamy
'Reads like the cinders settling in the air after an explosion... daring and completely readable.' – Colin Barrett
'Wry, funny and heartbreaking.' – Sophie Mackintosh
'little scratch is a little miracle... impossible to read it and not wish there were more books like it.' – Alan Trotter
'Confident and vital... little scratch is an absolute gift.' – Naoise Dolan
Available Editions
| EDITION | Hardcover |
| ISBN | 9780571356577 |
| PRICE | £12.99 (GBP) |
| PAGES | 240 |
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