What Red Was

Moving, vivid, confronting and bold, What Red Was is an urgent story told beautifully * Dolly Alderton *
Subversive and sophisticated… [Rosie Price’s] exploration of sexual violence and class makes for an unforgettable read * Elle, Books to Look Out for in 2019 *
Bringing together themes of survival, agency, complicity, self-denial and, ultimately, courage, this assured book is one of the most powerful debuts you’ll ever read. * Stylist *
An incredibly nuanced exploration of the complexities of sexual violence, WHAT RED WAS heralds the arrival of a major new literary talent. This is an important book. * Louise O’Neill, author of ASKING FOR IT and ALMOST LOVE *
WHAT RED WAS is a gripping novel that shines an unflinching light on trauma and its prismatic impact. A deeply necessary book, elegant and assured even as it burns at the centre with cool, clear-eyed rage. * Sophie Mackintosh, author of THE WATER CURE *
One of the best books I’ve ever read about female rage and transgression, and the boundaries of both family and art, shot through with gorgeous prose, wrapped in a thrilling plot. WHAT RED WAS is at once incredibly timely and one for the ages. An assured and stealthily brilliant debut that people will be talking about for a long time * Lisa Gabriele, author of THE WINTERS *
Rosie Price has a dazzling gift for rendering the mechanisms of power and privilege viscerally real–whether that power is as concrete as a hand over a face, or more amorphous, subtle, and difficult to name. With its penetrating insight into the texture of trauma and its enthralling prose, this is a book that succeeds in prying open our cultural moment and laying it bare for scrutiny * Alexandra Kleeman, author of YOU TOO CAN HAVE A BODY LIKE MINE *
[A] conversation-starting novel about love, violence and toxicity from [a] subversive new voice * Evening Standard *
A confident and provocative debut – John Boyne * The Times *
Price never takes the obvious route or goes for an easy resolution. A writer to watch – Sarra Manning * Red *

Rosie Price is the author of two novels:

• What Red Was (her highly acclaimed debut, an Observer New Voices selection)
• The Orange Room

She lives in London.

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