Julia Armfield

Miri y Leah son jóvenes y están enamoradas y tienen un matrimonio lleno de felices complicidades. Hasta que Leah, bióloga marina de profesión, se embarca hacia el misterioso fondo del mar en una expedicion que debia durar solo tres semanas pero que se extiende por varios meses. Cuando Leah por fin regresa a la superficie y a su casa, Miri se da cuenta de que recuperar a la mujer que ama no significa recuperar la vida que compartian. Leah no esta bien: come apenas, anda perdida en sus pensamientos y por la noche deja correr el agua de los grifos del baño. Algo de lo que vivio en el abismo esta ahora con ellas, en esa casa, transformando a Leah de un modo aterrador y separandola de Miri quizas irremediablemente.Con un dominio magistral del suspenso y una sensibilidad exquisita para la ternura, Julia Armfield entrelaza generos que parecen opuestos la novela de terror y la romantica para contar la historia entera de una intimidad compartida. Nuestras esposas bajo el mar, el debut novelistico de esta gran y jovencisima narradora inglesa, es un viaje conmovedor hacia las profundidades del oceano y de una relacion amorosa.

Named as book to look out for in 2022 by Guardian, i-D, Autostraddle, Bustle, Good Housekeeping, Stylist and DAZED.Miri thinks she has got her wife back, when Leah finally returns after a deep sea mission that ended in catastrophe. It soon becomes clear, though, that Leah may have come back wrong. Whatever happened in that vessel, whatever it was they were supposed to be studying before they were stranded on the ocean floor, Leah has carried part of it with her, onto dry land and into their home.To have the woman she loves back should mean a return to normal life, but Miri can feel Leah slipping from her grasp. Memories of what they had before - the jokes they shared, the films they watched, all the small things that made Leah hers - only remind Miri of what she stands to lose. Living in the same space but suddenly separate, Miri comes to realize that the life that they had might be gone.Our Wives Under The Sea is the debut novel from the critically acclaimed author of salt slow. It's a story of falling in love, loss, grief, and what life there is in the deep, deep sea.

Miri y Leah son jóvenes y están enamoradas y tienen un matrimonio lleno de felices complicidades. Hasta que Leah, bióloga marina de profesión, se embarca hacia el misterioso fondo del mar en una expedicion que debia durar solo tres semanas pero que se extiende por varios meses. Cuando Leah por fin regresa a la superficie y a su casa, Miri se da cuenta de que recuperar a la mujer que ama no significa recuperar la vida que compartian. Leah no esta bien: come apenas, anda perdida en sus pensamientos y por la noche deja correr el agua de los grifos del baño. Algo de lo que vivio en el abismo esta ahora con ellas, en esa casa, transformando a Leah de un modo aterrador y separandola de Miri quizas irremediablemente. Con un dominio magistral del suspenso y una sensibilidad exquisita para la ternura, Julia Armfield entrelaza generos que parecen opuestos la novela de terror y la romantica para contar la historia entera de una intimidad compartida. Nuestras esposas bajo el mar, el debut novelistico de esta gran y jovencisima narradora inglesa, es un viaje conmovedor hacia las profundidades del oceano y de una relacion amorosa.

Los nueve cuentos que integran este brillante debut literario son únicos en su especie, como cada una de sus protagonistas: niñas, adolescentes y jóvenes -terribles, entrañables- que aceptan la transformación y lo monstruoso con la misma alegre naturalidad con que experimentan el amor, la soledad, la maternidad o el deseo. En El gran despertar, Julia Armfield practica con sensibilidad y maestría un realismo fantástico que juega con los géneros explorando los cuerpos que habitan sus mujeres. Motivos clásicos del terror, la ciencia ficción, el fantasy y la mitología se funden con el feminismo y la cotidianidad para dar lugar a algo enteramente nuevo.

Wickedly clever prose and a sense of humour that seems to loom up like a character in itself' - M John Harrison, GuardianIn her brilliantly inventive and haunting debut collection of stories, Julia Armfield explores the body, mapping the skin and bones of her characters through their experiences of isolation, obsession, love and revenge. Teenagers develop ungodly appetites, a city becomes insomniac overnight, and bodies are diligently picked apart to make up better ones. The mundane worlds of schools and sleepy sea-side towns are invaded and transformed, creating a landscape which is constantly shifting to hold on to its inhabitants.

A gothic fairy tale, sublime in its creepiness - Florence WelchOur Wives Under The Sea is the debut novel Julia Armfiled, the critically acclaimed author of Salt Slow. Its a story of falling in love, loss, grief, and what life there is in the deep, deep sea.Miri thinks she has got her wife back, when Leah finally returns after a deep sea mission that ended in catastrophe. It soon becomes clear, though, that Leah may have come back wrong. Whatever happened in that vessel, whatever it was they were supposed to be studying before they were stranded on the ocean floor, Leah has carried part of it with her, onto dry land and into their home.To have the woman she loves back should mean a return to normal life, but Miri can feel Leah slipping from her grasp. Memories of what they had before the jokes they shared, the films they watched, all the small things that made Leah hers only remind Miri of what she stands to lose. Living in the same space but suddenly separate, Miri comes to realize that the life that they had might be gone.