Like Being Killed by Ellen Miller
Profoundly hypnotic and deeply disturbing: 'I could never predict what was going to ruin me and what was going to rescue me.' says Ilyana Meyerovitch, a self-confessed suicidal, strung-out Jew. Into her life, and her flat, walks her opposite - Susie Lyons - blonde, artistic, optimistic and above all, innocent. LIKE BEING KILLED is about the devastating effects the two women have on each other as they start to share more than a flat. Simultaneously drawn to Susie's wholesome values and repelled, Ilyana's desire for what Susie has will take her into the grip of a downward spiral whose only outcome is oblivion. LIKE BEING KILLED is the 90s brat-pack gone wrong. A novel of drugs, dependency and the myth of sisterhood, it takes the trust implicit in flat-sharing to its ultimate conclusion.....
A cutting-edge novel of drugs and discordant flat mates * SHE *
Miller makes intelligent inroads into her [Susie's] head and taps concisely into our compulsion to glimpse the lowest that life can get * THE TIMES *
Fans of the hygienic heroine should avoid * TIME OUT *
Dark, disturbing and utterly compelling * BIG ISSUE *
Miller makes intelligent inroads into her [Susie's] head and taps concisely into our compulsion to glimpse the lowest that life can get * THE TIMES *
Fans of the hygienic heroine should avoid * TIME OUT *
Dark, disturbing and utterly compelling * BIG ISSUE *
Ellen Miller has a Master of Fine Arts degree from New York University and was the recipient of the New York University Creative Writing Fellowship for Fiction. She lives in New York.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781860496905 |
| ISBN 10 | 1860496903 |
| Title | Like Being Killed |
| Author | Ellen Miller |
| Series | Virago V S |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Year published | 1999-04-01 |
| Number of pages | 352 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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