Sisters
by Daisy Johnson
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Pub Date 13 Aug 2020 | Archive Date 31 Oct 2020
Vintage | Jonathan Cape
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Description
The electrifying new novel from the Booker shortlisted author of Everything Under.
‘A short sharp explosion of a gothic thriller whose tension ratchets up and up to an ending of extraordinary lyricism and virtuosity’ Observer, Fiction to Watch Out For in 2020
Something unspeakable has happened to sisters July and September.
Desperate for a fresh start, their mother Sheela moves them across the country to an old family house that has a troubled life of its own. Noises come from behind the walls. Lights flicker of their own accord. Sleep feels impossible, dreams are endless.
In their new, unsettling surroundings, July finds that the fierce bond she’s always had with September – forged with a blood promise when they were children – is beginning to change in ways she cannot understand.
Taut, transfixing and profoundly moving, Sisters explodes with the fury and joy of adolescence. It is a story of sibling love and sibling envy to rival Shirley Jackson and Stephen King. With Sisters, Daisy Johnson confirms her standing among the most inventive and exciting young writers at work today.
** A NEW STATESMAN BOOK TO READ IN 2020**
Advance Praise
‘A beautiful, burning, disquieting marvel.’ Megan Hunter
‘Daisy Johnson is an enchantress who can turn the day into night and back again in a sentence. I love her prose so much, and this book was the sibling love-and-horror story of my dreams and nightmares. I can't wait to read it again, with September inside me, illuminating the haunted spandrels of Settle House.’ Karen Russell
‘A taut, disturbing, and brilliantly written psychological drama of the first order. You'll read for the quality of the prose, but also the amazing depth of characterization and mystery. Another great book from one of our finest writers.’ Jeff VanderMeer
‘This is a book that makes you remember why you first fell in love with reading. I was haunted by it. Utterly unique.’ Evie Wyld
‘A blistering read. An exquisitely rendered exploration of sibling love and rivalry that rattles the core.’ Irenosen Okojie
‘Sisters is brilliant. Bold and tender. There is a physicality to its spell, muttered sometimes, sometimes screamed . . . We need to stop talking about Daisy Johnson as a young writer. She is a profound writer. Nothing she writes has any charming naivety of youth. She knows how things work and she has the talent and the respect for the talent to be careful and powerful with the way she writes. Far older writers, some of whom are too often applauded, never graduate to that.’ Cynan Jones
‘Sisters has a hot, dark energy that thrums beneath the language like blood. Daisy Johnson’s portrayal of female relationships is sticky, close and true. It will seep into your skin and linger in your bones.’ Jessica Andrews
‘Johnson’s Sisters is haunted in the fullest sense; its very sentences governed by a sinister, spectral force. This is a novel we don’t so much read as wade through with our hands outstretched and our eyes clamped shut, holding our breath 'til morning.’ Sue Rainsford
Available Editions
| EDITION | Other Format |
| ISBN | 9781787331624 |
| PRICE | £14.99 (GBP) |
| PAGES | 192 |
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