Make It Scream, Make It Burn
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Granta Books
Published:1st Oct '20
Should be back in stock very soon
From the author of THE EMPATHY EXAMS comes a profound meditation on isolation, longing and the conflicts faced by all those who choose to tell true stories about the lives of others
'Intelligent, compassionate, and so fiercely, prodigiously brave. This is the essay at its creative, philosophical best' Eleanor Catton, author of The Luminaries on THE EMPATHY EXAMS A profound exploration of the oceanic depths of longing and obsession, Make It Scream, Make It Burn is a book about why and how we tell stories. It takes the reader deep into the lives of strangers - from a woman healed by the song of 'the loneliest whale in the world' to a family convinced their child is a reincarnation of a lost pilot - and asks how we can bear witness to the changing truths of other's lives while striving to find a deeper connection to the complexities of our own.
Essays of compassion and conviction... Jamison covers a wide range of subjects with deep empathy and intelligence. . . Perhaps all writing is an innate, primal scream, and Jamison - astutely - knows and embodies this with compassion and vigour -- Sinéad Gleeson * Irish Times *
Railing, roaring essays on humanity... Jamison has time for everyone... excellent * Telegraph *
Wide-ranging... [Jamison's] language is typically lush... [she] picks excellent topics... Jamison walks a careful line between scepticism and compassion - never sacrificing her subjects' dignity... fascinating * New Statesman *
One of the most esteemed contemporary names in nonfiction...Biting and honest * Book Riot *
Generous in her sympathy and probing in her intellect... [Jamison's] writing is extraordinarily precise, rendering both the extraordinary and the everyday as equally transparent, equally miraculous * In the Moment *
These elegant essays are unfailingly rich in philosophical rumination * Observer *
ISBN: 9781783781560
Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 16mm
Weight: 194g
272 pages