Topics Of Conversation - A Novel

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Fierce exploration of women's lives and relationships.

Topics of Conversation could be a good read for those interested in a thought-provoking exploration of female relationships. Miranda Popkey's novel uses conversations between women to delve into a myriad of themes such as love, motherhood, feminism, and more. It's a compact yet powerful novel that presents an audacious and immensely gifted new novelist. The writing is sizzling with intelligence and eroticism, making for a book that will stick with you long after you finish reading.

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Topics Of Conversation - A Novel

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ISBN: 9780525566366
Authors: Miranda Popkey
Publisher: Vintage
Date of Publication: 2021-03-09
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Contemporary, Literary Fiction
Related Topics: Feminism
Goodreads rating: 2.82
(rated by 9049 readers)

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A compact tour de force about sex, violence, and self-loathing from a ferociously talented new voice in fiction, perfect for fans of Sally Rooney, Rachel Cusk, Lydia Davis, and Jenny Offill.“Shrewd and sensual, Popkey's debut carries the scintillating charge of a long-overdue girls' night." — O, The Oprah Magazine A Best Book of the Year by TIME, Esquire, Real Simple, Marie Claire, Glamor, Bustle , and more Composed almost exclusively of conversations between women—the stories they tell each other, and the stories they tell themselves— Topics of Conversation careens through twenty years in the life of an unnamed narrator hungry for experience and bent on upending her life. In exchanges about shame and love, infidelity and self-sabotage, Popkey touches upon desire, disgust, motherhood, loneliness, art, pain, feminism, anger, envy, and guilt. Edgy, wry, and written in language that sizzles with intelligence and eroticism, this novel introduces an audacious and immensely gifted new novelist.
 

Fierce exploration of women's lives and relationships.

Topics of Conversation could be a good read for those interested in a thought-provoking exploration of female relationships. Miranda Popkey's novel uses conversations between women to delve into a myriad of themes such as love, motherhood, feminism, and more. It's a compact yet powerful novel that presents an audacious and immensely gifted new novelist. The writing is sizzling with intelligence and eroticism, making for a book that will stick with you long after you finish reading.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.