On Being Seen
$35.33
- Hardcover
208 pages
- Release Date
23 February 2027
Summary
Radically honest and fiercely intelligent, On Being Seen is the exceptional new book from the author of Notes to Self.
When Emilie Pine’s debut essay collection, the fiercely candid Notes to Self, was first published, she didn’t imagine herself as someone breaking a silence. She only knew that she was breaking a fiction - a fiction that she had never been a victim. Revealing and reflecting on the taboos around female bodies and female pain, Notes to Self…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780241805138 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0241805139 |
| Author: | Emilie Pine |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Hamish Hamilton Ltd |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 208 |
| Release Date: | 23 February 2027 |
| Weight: | 297g |
| Dimensions: | 22mm x 132mm x 204mm |

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Critics Review
Fiercely feminist, fascinating. I have recommended this to several people. And I’m doing the same here * Sunday Times on Notes to Self *
Unsparing, formidable, raw. The kind of book you want to give everyone * Irish Times on Notes to Self *
Complex, accessible, thoughtful … You will love these essays – Pandora Sykes on ‘Notes to Self’
Every line pulses with the pain and joy and complexity of an extraordinary life – Mark O’Connell on ‘Notes to Self’
Emilie Pine
Emilie Pine is a writer and academic based in Dublin. Her first collection of personal essays, Notes to Self, won the Butler Literary Award, the Sunday Independent Newcomer of the Year Award, and Irish Book of the Year 2018. She wrote the original script of the critically-acclaimed play Good Sex, and is the author of the novel Ruth & Pen, which won the 2022 Kate O’Brien First Fiction Award. Her work has been translated into 17 languages.
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