Blood Book

<p><b>WINNER OF THE GERMAN BOOK PRIZE, THE SWISS BOOK PRIZE AND THE JÜRGEN PONTO LITERATURE PRIZE</b><br><br><b>'Powerful'</b><br><i>Times Literary Supplement</i><br><br><b>'Formally adventurous'</b><br><i>New York Times </i><br><br><b>'An exquisite inquiry into what it means to be an individual in a body, a family, a society, with all the attendant misery, humour, joy and enduring mystery'</b><br>Krystelle Bamford, author of <i>Idle Grounds</i><br><br>As their grandmother slides into dementia, an unnamed narrator begins to ask questions - to fill in the gaps, to resist the silence that shrouds their family. Childhood memories resurface, revealing a path into the past, winding back through generations. This matrilineal line leads toward nature, witchcraft, freedom. Could this be where they belong?<br><br>What follows is an astounding quest for liberation - from generational trauma, class identity, the limits of language. It's a search for other forms of knowledge and traditions, other ways of becoming. Bold and expansive, <i>Blood Book</i> is an unforgettable reckoning with the past, and a mesmerising exploration of who we are.<br><br><b>'Everything about it is fantastic'</b><br><i>Die Welt</i><br><br><b>'One can only marvel'</b><br><i>Die Zeit</i><br><br><b>'An important new voice for a new form of writing'</b><br><i>Tages-Anzeiger</i><br><br><b>Published in the US as <i>Sea, Mothers, Swallow, Tongues</i></b></p>