Negative Space by Zoe Strachan
A fierce and living story of grief and the search for identity. A brilliant young female voice.Dying at twenty four is unnatural, but Simon did, leaving his sister alone and haunted by the past. In the harsh anonymity of Glasgow, she moves through artists' studios, gazing down at her hollow naked body, thwarted in any attempt at self-realisation. It seems her fractured world is now completely torn apart. Clutching at refuge where she can find it, she tries to decide whether secrets are better exposed, or buried. Then an unexpected trip to Orkney offers a change in her tense and frightening world, and perhaps an answer to the question, what do you do when you don't know what to do? In a voice that is bright and emotionally authentic, Negative Space is a painfully honest book and one of the most powerful debuts for many years.
When Simon died at 24 his sister was left alone and haunted by the pastIn the harsh anonymity of Glasgow it appears that her fractured world has been completely torn apart. Then a trip to Orkney offers a change in her tense and frightening world.An emotionally authentic, painfully honest debut novel.
Born in 1975, Zoë Strachan grew up in Kilmarnock and currently lives in Glasgow. Her first novel, Negative Space, won a Betty Trask Award and was shortlisted for the Saltire First Book of the Year Award.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780330485791 |
| ISBN 10 | 0330485792 |
| Title | Negative Space |
| Author | Zoe Strachan |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Pan Macmillan |
| Year published | 2002-02-22 |
| Number of pages | 304 |
| Prizes | Short-listed for Saltire Society First Book of the Year Award 2002 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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