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Pond by Claire-Louise Bennett (Paperback, 2015)

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Don't be fooled by Pond's small size. It contains multitudes.'. by Claire-Louise Bennett. 'A touch of William Gaddis. A touch of Samuel Beckett. A touch of Edna O'Brien. And yet Claire-Louise Bennett's Pond feels entirely unique.

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Feverish and forthright, Pond is an absorbing chronicle of the pitfalls and pleasures of a solitudinous life told by an unnamed woman living on the cusp of a coastal town. Broken bowls, belligerent cows, swanky aubergines, trembling moonrises and horrifying sunsets, the physical world depicted in these stories is unsettling yet intimately familiar and soon takes on a life of its own. Captivated by the stellar charms of seclusion but restless with desire, the woman's relationship with her surroundings becomes boundless and increasingly bewildering. Claire-Louise Bennett's startlingly original first collection slips effortlessly between worlds and is by turns darkly funny and deeply moving.