Review Quotes What makes this novel unique is the feisty voice of the narrator and the rich details of her intellectual interests and her husbands leftist politics in contemporary India. When I Hit You is smart, fierce, and courageous. Though a harrowing story, Kandasamys writing is also funny, tender, and lyrical. Writing bes her salvation, a supreme act of defiance and, as the subtitle suggests, the novel is also about the act of writing itself and the way that fiction and stories can help you escape. Intellectual and physical cruelty is explored. Based on the authors own experience of marriage, soon the newly-wed experiences extreme violence at her husbands hands and finds herself socially isolated. Writing bes her salvation, a supreme act of defiance and, as the subtitle suggests, the novel is also about the act of writing itself and the way that fiction and stories can help you escape - Book Synopsis SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMENS PRIZE FOR FICTION 2018 LONGLISTED FOR THE DYLAN THOMAS PRIZE 2018 SHORTLISTED FOR THE JHALAK PRIZE 2018 A BEST BOOK OF 2017 Financial Times The Guardian The Daily Telegraph The Observer Meena Kandasamys vivid, sharp and precise writing makes a triumph of When I Hit You.-The Guardian Set in modern India, the unnamed narrator falls in love with a university professor and agrees to be his wife. About the Book Set in modern India, the unnamed narrator falls in love with a university professor and agrees to be his wife.

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