Hunger
A Memoir of (My) Body
$20.75
- Paperback
288 pages
- Release Date
12 June 2018
Summary
“I ate and ate and ate in the hopes that if I made myself big, my body would be safe. I buried the girl I was because she ran into all kinds of trouble. I tried to erase every memory of her, but she is still there, somewhere… . I was trapped in my body, one that I barely recognized or understood, but at least I was safe.”
Roxane Gay has written with intimacy and sensitivity about food and bodies, using her own emotional and psychological struggles as a means of exploring our shared an…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781472153791 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1472153790 |
| Author: | Roxane Gay |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Corsair |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 12 June 2018 |
| Weight: | 240g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 126mm x 26mm |
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Critics Review
I have reviewed many interesting books for the TLS this year, but the most moving is Roxane Gay’s Hunger … Her survivor’s story is both understated and inspiring.
In 88 short, lucid chapters, Gay powerfully takes readers through realities that pain her, vex her, guide her, and inform her work. The result is a generous and empathic consideration of what it’s like to be someone else: in itself something of a miracle. - Booklist, starred review
It turns out that when a wrenching past is confronted with wisdom and bravery, the outcome can be compassion and enlightenment - both for the reader who has lived through this kind of unimaginable pain, and for the reader who knows nothing of it. Roxane Gay shows us how to be decent to ourselves, and decent to one another. HUNGER is an amazing achievement in more ways than I can count. - Ann PatchettA heart-rending debut memoir from the outspoken feminist and essayist … An intense, unsparingly honest portrait of childhood crisis and its enduring aftermath. - Kirkus, starred reviewOne of the most eagerly anticipated books of the year … it’s “not a weight-loss memoir” - but it’s actually something far more inspirational than that … the tender beauty of this memoir - testament to her bravery and resilience - has much to teach us about kindness and compassion. - IndependentAbout The Author
Roxane Gay
Roxane Gay is the author of An Untamed State, Bad Feminist and the story collection Ayiti. Her work has also appeared in Glamour, Best American Short Stories, and the New York Times Book Review. She is the co-editor of PANK.
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