Jo Hamya

Gebundenes Buch

The Hypocrite

Shortlisted for the Nero Book Awards 2024 and longlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize 2025

Beschreibung

'Jo Hamya is an exceptionally gifted writer' Claire-Louise BennettFrom the author of Three Rooms, comes a novel about a father and a daughter, about generational divides and whether one should bite one's tongue out of love

Autor

Jo Hamya was born in London in 1997. She is the author of Three Rooms and The Hypocrite, which was shortlisted for the Nero Book Awards 2024. She has written for the New York Times, the Financial Times and the Guardian, among others, and served as co-host of the Booker Prize Podcast. She is also the recipient of a Harold Moody doctoral studentship at King's College London, where her research focuses around building on 20th century western literary sociology and critique to create a viable school of literary criticism for a 21st century digitised landscape.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Orion Publishing Co
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. April 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 219mm x 139mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 346g
• ISBN-13: 9781399613224
• ISBN-10: 1399613227
• Artikelnr.: 68032074

Rezensionen

I thought The Hypocrite was brilliant. Thrilling and unpredictable, as a story of misunderstanding and failed connection, told with a dreamy, Sofia Coppola-esque quality. As a portrayal of artistic creation fuelled by bitterness, The Hypocrite uncovers an uncomfortable truth: how a piece of art can both unify and alienate Natasha Brown, author of ASSEMBLY