Send Nudes

Beschreibung

**A Sunday Times Paperback of the Year**<BR>**A Granta Best of Young British Novelist**<BR>**Winner of the Edge Hill Short Story Prize 2022**<BR>**Winner of the BBC National Short Story Award 2022**<BR>**Shortlisted for the Swansea University Dylan Thomas Prize 2023**<BR><BR>SELECTED FOR STYLIST'S BOOKS YOU CAN'T MISS IN 2022 - 'A MUST READ'<BR><BR>'An exhilarating debut' GUARDIAN<BR><BR>'A fresh new voice in fiction, wry and sharp and raw' EMMA CLINE<BR><BR>'I liked the warm embodiedness of Send Nudes' ZADIE SMITH<BR><BR>'I still remember where I was when I first encountered a Saba Sams story' NICOLE FLATTERY<BR><BR>'I fell for this stunning collection with a rare, consuming passion' MEGAN NOLAN<BR><BR>____________________________________________________________<BR><BR>In ten dazzling stories, Saba Sams dives into the world of girlhood and immerses us in its contradictions and complexities: growing up too quickly, yet not quickly enough; taking possession of what one can, while being taken possession of; succumbing to societal pressure but also orchestrating that pressure.

These young women are feral yet attentive, fierce yet vulnerable, exploited yet exploitative.<BR><BR>Threading between clubs at closing time, pub toilets, drenched music festivals and beach holidays, these unforgettable short stories deftly chart the treacherous terrain of growing up - of intense friendships, of ambivalent mothers, of uneasily blended families, and of learning to truly live in your own body.<BR><BR>With striking wit, originality and tenderness, Send Nudes celebrates the small victories in a world that tries to claim each young woman as its own.<BR><BR>_____________________________________________________________________<BR><BR>'A roiling, raw, gut-punch of a debut collection, best read in one sitting ...

I sat motionless for about half an hour after reading them; I can't wait to see what she writes next' PANDORA SYKES<BR><BR>'A seriously impressive debut. Saba Sams digs into the chaos, euphoria and menace of sexual attraction, friendship and family with bravery and wit' CHRIS POWER<BR><BR>CHOSEN AS A BOOK OF THE 2022 BY THE GUARDIAN, STYLIST, VOGUE, GLAMOUR, COSMOPOLITAN, EVENING STANDARD, IRISH INDEPENDENT, AnOTHER, FOYLES, BOOKSHOP.ORG

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