Portraits at the Palace of Creativity and Wrecking by Han Smith - ISBN: 9781399814256
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Brutal past, strange friendships, and questions unravel a young woman’s world.

Portraits at the Palace of Creativity and Wrecking

SHORTLISTED FOR THE GOLDSMITHS PRIZE 2024

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  • Paperback

    320 pages

  • Release Date

    25 June 2024

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Summary

SHORTLISTED FOR THE GOLDSMITHS PRIZE 2024

‘Tender and merciless … a hallucinatory window into what it means to excavate the past in a world committed to its erasure’ ABIGAIL SHINN, Goldsmiths Prize Judge

‘Kaleidoscopic and beguiling … A singular and thrilling debut that shows what happens when objective truth and meaning are drowned in the shifting river of history and politics’ ANDREW McMILLAN

‘A novel full of hopeful glitter - and one I know I will r…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781399814256
ISBN-10:1399814257
Author:Han Smith
Publisher:John Murray Press
Imprint:John Murray Publishers Ltd
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:320
Release Date:25 June 2024
Weight:319g
Dimensions:214mm x 134mm x 30mm
What They're Saying

Critics Review

Intimate, intricate, and ultimately irresistible. Smith’s unforgettable style builds a political-personal narrative that resounds to the drumbeat of resistance and rebellion

– RUBY COWLING
Like being in a hall of mirrors where you think you’ve caught Smith’s eye but it’s just a reflection. When something slips into view between the glass, you get that uncanny feeling you’re staring back at yourself. A mysterious quest of excavation – JEN CALLEJA
Arrests and intrigues … an extraordinary achievement – ADAM ZMITH

About The Author

Han Smith

Han Smith grew up in Japan, Russia and elsewhere. A queer writer, translator and adult literacy teacher, Han is the recipient of a 2019⁄2020 London Writers Award, was shortlisted for the 2019 Mslexia Novella Award, the Bridport Prize and the Desperate Literature short story prize, and was longlisted for the Brick Lane short story prize. She has also been published by Five Dials, Cipher Press, Hotel, Versopolis, LossLit, Litro, The Interpreter’s House and the European Poetry Festival. She lives in London. Portraits at the Palace of Creativity and Wrecking is her debut novel.

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