JAN 31 Peach by Emma Glass

Posted 13:17, 31 January 2019

In this dazzling debut, Emma Glass articulates the unspeakable with breath-taking clarity and verve. Intensely physical, with rhythmic, visceral prose, Peach marks the arrival of a visionary new voice and we are so excited that she's coming to Review.

Something has happened to Peach. It hurts to walk but she staggers home to parents that don't seem to notice. They can't keep their hands off each other and, besides, they have a new infant, sweet and wobbly as a jelly baby. 

Peach must patch herself up alone so she can go to college and see her boyfriend, Green. But sleeping is hard when she is haunted by the gaping memory of a mouth, and working is hard when burning sausage fat fills her nostrils, and eating is impossible when her stomach is swollen tight as a drum.

“An immensely talented young writer ... Her fearlessness renews one's faith in the power of literature” – George Saunders

 

As always tickets cost £5 and inlcude a glass of wine and £4 off purchases made on the night.