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Pond

13 Ratings

3.5

Duration
4H 1min
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English
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Fiction

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.

© 2020 Fitzcarraldo Editions (Audiobook): 9781913097424
© 2025 Fitzcarraldo Editions (Ebook): 9781910695104

Release date

Audiobook: 5 March 2020
Ebook: 17 October 2025

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