Blood Book

WINNER OF THE GERMAN BOOK PRIZE, THE SWISS BOOK PRIZE AND THE JÜRGEN PONTO LITERATURE PRIZE<BR><BR>'Powerful'<BR>Times Literary Supplement<BR><BR>'Formally adventurous'<BR>New York Times <BR><BR>'An exquisite inquiry into what it means to be an individual in a body, a family, a society, with all the attendant misery, humour, joy and enduring mystery'<BR>Krystelle Bamford, author of Idle Grounds<BR><BR>As their grandmother slides into dementia, an unnamed narrator begins to ask questions - to fill in the gaps, to resist the silence that shrouds their family. Childhood memories resurface, revealing a path into the past, winding back through generations. This matrilineal line leads toward nature, witchcraft, freedom. Could this be where they belong?<BR><BR>What follows is an astounding quest for liberation - from generational trauma, class identity, the limits of language. It's a search for other forms of knowledge and traditions, other ways of becoming. Bold and expansive, Blood Book is an unforgettable reckoning with the past, and a mesmerising exploration of who we are.<BR><BR>'Everything about it is fantastic'<BR>Die Welt<BR><BR>'One can only marvel'<BR>Die Zeit<BR><BR>'An important new voice for a new form of writing'<BR>Tages-Anzeiger<BR><BR>Published in the US as Sea, Mothers, Swallow, Tongues