{"product_id":"when-i-hit-you-9781609455996","title":"When I Hit You","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN’S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2018\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLONGLISTED FOR THE DYLAN THOMAS PRIZE 2018\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE JHALAK PRIZE 2018\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA BEST BOOK OF 2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFinancial Times\u003cbr\u003eThe Guardian\u003cbr\u003eThe Daily Telegraph\u003cbr\u003eThe Observer\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“Meena Kandasamy’s vivid, sharp and precise writing makes a triumph of \u003cem\u003eWhen I Hit You\u003c\/em\u003e.”—\u003cem\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSet in modern India, the unnamed narrator falls in love with a university professor and agrees to be his wife. Based on the author’s own experience of marriage, soon the newly-wed experiences extreme violence at her husband’s hands and finds herself socially isolated. Intellectual and physical cruelty is explored. Yet hope keeps her alive. Writing becomes her salvation, a supreme act of defiance and, as the subtitle suggests, the novel is also about the act of writing itself and the way that fiction and stories can help you escape.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThough a harrowing story, Kandasamy’s writing is also funny, tender, and lyrical.\u003cem\u003e When I Hit You\u003c\/em\u003e is smart, fierce, and courageous.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Meena Kandasamy","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48170156622075,"sku":"9781609455996","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/CoreSourceHub_e10c2238-91ab-4fcb-ab09-4465f58b09d4.jpg?v=1770635817","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/when-i-hit-you-9781609455996","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}