{"product_id":"the-shutter-of-snow-faber-editions-extraordinary-lucy-ellmann","title":"The Shutter of Snow (Faber Editions): 'Extraordinary.' Lucy Ellmann","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Coleman, Emily Holmes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrand:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition:\u003c\/b\u003e Main\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding:\u003c\/b\u003e paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber Of Pages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 02-02-2023\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDetails:\u003c\/b\u003e Introduced by Claire-Louise Bennett, experience one new mother's psychological journey in this lost 1930 foremother of Sylvia Plath's The Bell Jar.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n'Astonishing and moving. A pretty amazing book.' Tessa Hadley\u003cbr\u003e\n'Extraordinary. A fascinating and unexpected delight.' Lucy Ellmann\u003cbr\u003e\n'Haunting and evocative, this is a timeless portrayal of madness.' Catherine Cho\u003cbr\u003e\n'A startling, luminous and magnetic novel about the complexity of motherhood.' Yiyun Li\u003cbr\u003e\n'With its deep musicality, Coleman's unforgettable voice was years ahead of its time.' Sinéad Gleeson\u003cbr\u003e\n'The most famous unknown of the century.' Djuna Barnes, author of Nightwood\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nThe only thing to do is to put hammers in the porridge and when there are enough hammers we shall break down the windows and all of us shall dance in the snow.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nSome days, Marthe Gail believes she is God; others, Jesus Christ. Her baby, she thinks, is dead. The red light is shining. There are bars on the window. And the voices keep talking.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nTime blurs; snow falls. The doctors say it is a breakdown; that this is Gorestown State Hospital. Her fellow patients become friends and enemies, moving between the Day Room and Dining Hall, East Hall and West Side, avoiding the Strong Room. Her husband visits and shows her a lock of her baby's hair, but she doesn't remember, yet - until she can make it upstairs, ascending towards release ...\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nShocking and hilarious, tragic and visceral, this experimental portrait of motherhood and mental illness written in 1930 has never felt more visionary.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEAN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780571375202\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePackage Dimensions:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.7 x 5.1 x 0.6 inches\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguages:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50253335003440,"sku":"Trans_9780571375202","price":934.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0690\/9968\/4144\/files\/81fHSzgILtL.jpg?v=1761644217","url":"https:\/\/www.retailmaharaj.com\/products\/the-shutter-of-snow-faber-editions-extraordinary-lucy-ellmann","provider":"Retail Maharaj","version":"1.0","type":"link"}