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Things Are Against Us
A scorching collection of essays from the Booker-shortlisted author of Ducks, Newburyport
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There are three forms of strike I’d recommend: a housework strike, a labour strike, and a sex strike. I can’t wait for the first two.
The first collection of essays from Lucy Ellmann, Things Are Against Us is everything you might expect from such a fiery writer—which is to say, entirely unexpected.
Bold, angry, despairing and very, very funny, these essays cover everything from matriarchy to environmental catastrophe to Little House on the Prairie to Agatha Christie. Ellmann calls for a moratorium on air travel, rails against bras, and pleads for sanity in a world that—well, a world that spent four years in the company of Donald Trump, that ‘tremendously sick, terrible, nasty, lowly, truly pathetic, reckless, sad, weak, lazy, incompetent, third-rate, clueless, not smart, dumb as a rock, all talk, wacko, zero-chance lying liar’.
Things Are Against Us is electric. It’s vital. These are essays bursting with energy. Reading them feels like sticking your hand in the mains socket. Lucy Ellmann is the writer we need to guide us through these crazy times.
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Lucy Ellmann's Things Are Against Us has been praised for its distinctive voice and sharp wit. Reviewers highlight Ellmann’s comedic energy and unapologetic style, addressing contemporary issues with a blend of satire and profound insight. Her essays are described as entertaining yet biting commentaries on societal challenges, showcasing her fearless approach to writing.
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ISBN: 9781922458070
Publisher: Text Publishing
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 02 July 2021
Country: Australia
Imprint: The Text Publishing Company
Audience: General / adult
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Width: 129.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 0g
Pages: 208
About the Author
Lucy Ellmann’s first novel, Sweet Desserts, won the Guardian Fiction Prize in 1988. Her latest, Ducks, Newburyport, was shortlisted for the 2019 Booker Prize, the Orwell Prize for Political Fiction and the Saltire Prize, and won the 2019 Goldsmiths Prize and the 2020 James Tait Black Prize. She has written for the New York Times, Washington Post, Guardian, Independent, Irish Times and other publications. American by birth, she now lives in Scotland.
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