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But the Girl
Jessica Yu
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Description for But the Girl
Paperback.
I used to have this line I saved and brought out for grant applications and writers festivals - that having been Jane Eyre, Anna Karenina and Esther Greenwood all my life, my writing was an opportunity for the reader to have to be me.
Irreverent, witty and wise, But the Girl is a coming-of-age story about not wanting to leave your family behind
Girl was born on the very day her parents and grandmother immigrated from Malaysia to Australia. The story goes that her mother held on tight to her pelvic muscles in an effort to gift her ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2024
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781529922837
SKU
9781529922837
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Ref
99-1
About Jessica Yu
Jessica Zhan Mei Yu is a writer of fiction, non-fiction and poetry. She holds a PhD in Creative Writing from the University of Melbourne. Her writing has been published in Best Australian Poems, Overland, Yen, Sydney Morning Herald, White Review and others. In 2021, she was shortlisted for the Victorian Premier's Literary Award for an Unpublished Manuscript. But the Girl ... Read more
Reviews for But the Girl
Impressive… Yu is the writer Girl wishes to be – remaking, in her own image, the young female protagonist, the Künstlerroman, the postcolonial novel, and the art of writing itself
Guardian
But the Girl is a vivid novel of consciousness with a delightful sense of play. Jessica Zhan Mei Yu writes with striking originality that combines the irreverent ... Read more
Guardian
But the Girl is a vivid novel of consciousness with a delightful sense of play. Jessica Zhan Mei Yu writes with striking originality that combines the irreverent ... Read more