Blending the mythic and the gothic, the collection considers characters in motion – turning away, turning back or simply turning into something new.įrom Julia Armfield, the winner of The White Review Short Story Prize 2018, Salt Slow is an extraordinary collection of short stories that are sure to dazzle and shock.

The mundane worlds of schools and sea side towns are invaded and transformed, creating a landscape which is constantly shifting to hold on to the bodies of its inhabitants. From White Review Short Story Prize winner Julia Armfield, a brilliant, provocative debut story collection for fans of Carmen Maria Machado and Kelly Link.

Throughout the collection, women become insects, men turn to stone, a city becomes insomniac and bodies are picked apart to make up better ones. This collection of short stories is about women and their experiences in society, about bodies and the bodily, mapping the skin and bones of its characters through their experiences of isolation, obsession and love. Julia Armfield salt slow Kindle Edition by Julia Armfield (Author) Format: Kindle Edition 305 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle 9. A distinct new gothic, melancholy, powerful and poised.' China Miéville, author of The City & The City ‘salt slow’ by julia armfield is a short story collection that is haunting and horrifying, tragic and beautiful, grotesque in all of the best ways. Julia Armfield is a wordsmith of great skill, her imagery stopping you in your tracks - the description of lobsters at the beginning of the title story, 'Bobbing, belly-up, claws thrown out, like a strewing of tulips' is a good example. 'Armfield is an enormous, gut-wrenching talent.' Daisy Johnson, author of Everything Under Salt Slow is a brilliant collection of short stories that just wont leave you.

Salt Slow by Julia Armfield