Wretchedness

£9.99

Beauty and poverty; violence, addiction and brotherhood. Written with unstoppable flow, Wretchedness mixes high and low culture in an inimitable way.

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Winner of the 2021 Oxford-Weidenfeld Translation Prize

Shortlisted for the 2016 August Prize

Longlisted for the 2021 International Booker Prize

Malmö,
Sweden. A cellist meets a spun-out junkie. That
could have been me
. His mind starts to glitch between his memories and the
avant-garde music he loves, and he descends into his past, hearing all over
again the chaotic song of his youth. He emerges to a different sound, heading
for a crash.

From sprawling housing projects to underground clubs and squat parties, Wretchedness is a blistering trip through the underbelly of Europe’s cities. Powered by a furious, unpredictable beat, this is a paean to brotherhood, to those who didn’t make it however hard they fought, and a visceral indictment of the poverty which took them.

Additional information

Weight 0.18 kg
Dimensions 19.8 × 12.9 × 1.4 cm
Author

Publisher

Imprint

Cover

Paperback

Pages

200

Language

English

Edition

Paperback original

Dewey

891.8636 (edition:23)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K

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