Creators: Mixed A Guardian Book of the Year 2024 'A glorious jewel of a novel' Sophie Ward 'Exhilarating, profoundly beautiful and exquisitely written' Salena Godden 'A mesmerising debut from one of the most talented literary stylists writing today' The Bookseller 'Hugely imaginative' Marie Claire (Best New Books, 2024) 'It's hard to think of many books more restlessly inventive' Guardian (Book of the Day) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hackney, 2233: a woman walks into a tattoo parlour. Jones' body is covered in tattoos but she wants to add one final inking to her gallery - a thin line of ink that connects the haunting images of her body art together, creating a unique and mysterious map. As the two tattoo artists set to work, Jones tells them the story behind each tattoo. As Jones is no ordinary woman, these are no ordinary stories: each one represents a doorway to a life Jones fell into, a 'remembering'. Set across geographies and time-spans, The Night Alphabet is a deep and bold investigation into violence, resilience and women's stories.
MixedI didn't like the fact that this was pros and poetry combined I wanted it to be one or the other there was a dissonance there that I couldn't get over and I had a lot of people in the comments asking me what the big deal is what the problem is with this and for me as I said in the video there was a disconnect between me and the characters and the story
DislikedI just find that writing to be just overly floral and rantic kind of meaningless and yeah not a fan so I felt kind of disconnected from The Narrative
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