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Find out moreEmma Glass was born in Swansea. She studied English Literature and Creative Writing at the University of Kent, then decided to become a nurse and studied Children's Nursing at Swansea University. She lives in North London and is a research nurse specialist at Evelina London Children's Hospital. Peach is her first book. @Emmas_Window
Slip the pin through the skin. Start stitching. It doesn't sting. It does bleed. White thread turns red. Red string. Going in. Going out. I pull. Tug. Tug the pin. In. Out. Out. Out. Blackout. 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 astonishing debut by a visionary new voice; `A strange and original work of art' - George Saunders, winner of the 2017 Man Booker Prize `Ferocious, startling, all-consuming' Daisy Johnson, author of Fen `Poetic' Independent `The language is scintillating, the emotional heft remarkable' Observer `Daring' Sunday Times Peach is a teenage girl like any other. She has college, and her friends, and her parents and the new baby, and her gorgeous boyfriend Green. She has her friend Sandy, and Sid the cat, and homework to do. But something has happened - something unspeakable - and her world has become unfamiliar, fractured into strange textures and patterns. Reeling through her refracted universe, Peach knows that the people she loves are in danger, real danger. If she is not to be swallowed whole, Peach must summon all her courage and dig deep into something nameless and strange that lies within her.
Etwas ist passiert mit Peach. Blut lauft an ihren Beinen entlang, und der Geruch von verbranntem Fleisch klebt an ihrer Haut. Das Gehen tut weh, aber sie wankt nach Hause zu ihren Eltern, die nichts bemerken. Die beiden konnen sowieso gerade die Finger nicht voneinander lassen und haben auerdem ein neues zuckersues Baby. Peach muss sich selbst wieder zusammenflicken, damit sie zur Schule gehen und ihren Freund Grn treffen kann. Aber es ist unmglich, Schlaf zu finden, wenn man vom Bild eines weit aufgerissenen Mundes verfolgt wird, unmglich zu arbeiten, wenn verkohltes Wurstfett die Nase fllt, und zu essen, wenn der Bauch straff geschwollen ist. Peach beginnt zu verstehen, was sie Grausames tun muss, um darber hinwegzukommen In ihrem brillanten Debtroman drckt Emma Glass das Unaussprechliche mit atemberaubender Klarheit und Verve aus. Intensiv krperliche, sinnliche, rhythmische Prosa - Peach ist eine visionre literarische Stimme.
Slip the pin through the skin. Start stitching. It doesn't sting. It does bleed. White thread turns red. Red string. Going in. Going out. I pull. Tug. Tug the pin. In. Out. Out. Out. Blackout. 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.
Something has happened to Peach. Blood runs down her legs and the scent of charred meat lingers on her flesh. It hurts to walk but she staggers home to parents that don't seem to notice. Peach must patch herself up alone so she can go to college and see her boyfriend, Green. But sleeping is hard, working is hard, and eating is impossible when her stomach is swollen tight as a drum.
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