Crudo

A blistering, tender debut from Olivia Laing, Crudo blends sharp wit with intimate emotion. Set in the summer of 2017, Kathy—who is getting married—navigates a pivotal moment in her forties as she wrestles with commitment while the world around her unsettles. Fascism appears on the rise, truth feels endangered, and the planet grows hotter. Against this backdrop, questions arise: is it worth learning to love when the end of the world seems near, and how can one create art, let alone a life, when everything could collapse at any moment? Laing’s novel is a bold reimagining of narrative form, inspired by the life and work of Kathy Acker, delivering a funny, raw, and ferociously honest meditation on love in the apocalypse. The work has earned critical acclaim, including the James Tait Black Prize for Fiction, and it has been shortlisted for the Goldsmiths Prize and the Gordon Burn Prize. Crudo traverses from a Tuscan hotel for the super-rich to a politically paralysed UK, offering a striking, unforgettable voice for our times.

Olivia Laing’s first novel, Crudo, is told with audacious energy and a keen eye for the fractures of contemporary life. The book unfolds through a blend of personal moments and broader cultural observations, capturing the urgency of the era while probing what it means to live and love under pressure.

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• Titel: Crudo
• Auteur: Olivia Laing
• Genre: romans
• Pagina's: 176
• Uitgeverij: Picador
• Uitgave: paperback, 01
• Geïnspireerd door Kathy Acker
• Setting: soles in de zomer van 2017
• Prijzen: James Tait Black Prize winnaar; Goldsmiths en Gordon Burn shortlist