Aftermath - Winner of the 2022 Gordon Burn Prize

In this searching lament by the award-winning author of We That Are Young, Taneja interrogates the language of terror, trauma and grief; the fictions we believe and the voices we exclude.

Info autore

Preti Taneja is a writer and activist. Her first novel, We That Are Young, won the Desmond Elliott Prize and was listed for awards including the Folio Prize and the Prix Jan Michalski. It has been translated into several languages. Her second book is Aftermath, a lament on the language of prison, terror, trauma and grief. Taneja is Professor of World Literature and Creative Writing at Newcastle University. She is a contributing editor at And Other Stories, and at The White Review.

Riassunto

In this searching lament by the award-winning author of We That Are Young, Taneja interrogates the language of terror, trauma and grief; the fictions we believe and the voices we exclude.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Preti Taneja, Taneja Preti
• Editore: And Other Stories
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 01.04.2022
• EAN: 9781913505462
• ISBN: 978-1-913505-46-2
• Categorie: Narrativa > Romanzi > Epistole, diari; Narrativa > Romanzi > Letteratura contemporanea (dal 1945); Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura generale e comparata; LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Essays, LITERARY CRITICISM / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Penology, Memoirs, 21st Century, 21st century, c 2000 to c 2100, Literary essays, Literary studies: post-colonial literature, Penology and punishment, Penology & punishment, Literary studies: postcolonial literature, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Memoirs