Author | Max Porter |
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Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Publisher | Faber and Faber |
Publication date | 2023 |
Pages | 128 |
ISBN | 9780571377305 |
Preceded by | The Death of Francis Bacon |
Shy is a novella by Max Porter, published in 2023. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
The book is named after its protagonist, a 16-year-old at a boarding school for troubled boys, in England in 1995. [6] [7] The story takes place over the course of a few hours one night. "The book's true setting, however, is the sprawling, shifting terrain of Shy's mind." [8] According to Kevin Power, writing in The Guardian, "it is interested in questions of childhood and maturity, cruelty and compassion, art and despair". [9] Shy mixes prose and poetry. Stylistically, there is unusual typography. [7] [10] Similar to Porter's other works, the writing itself is experimental, reflecting the subject's chaotic mind. [10] [11]
Author | Max Porter |
---|---|
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Publisher | Faber and Faber |
Publication date | 2023 |
Pages | 128 |
ISBN | 9780571377305 |
Preceded by | The Death of Francis Bacon |
Shy is a novella by Max Porter, published in 2023. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
The book is named after its protagonist, a 16-year-old at a boarding school for troubled boys, in England in 1995. [6] [7] The story takes place over the course of a few hours one night. "The book's true setting, however, is the sprawling, shifting terrain of Shy's mind." [8] According to Kevin Power, writing in The Guardian, "it is interested in questions of childhood and maturity, cruelty and compassion, art and despair". [9] Shy mixes prose and poetry. Stylistically, there is unusual typography. [7] [10] Similar to Porter's other works, the writing itself is experimental, reflecting the subject's chaotic mind. [10] [11]