A New York Times 10 Best Books of 2022 Selection 'Extraordinary . . . radiant' Sunday Times'An existential tour-de-force' Eimear McBride'Elatingly risky' Guardian 'We read in order to come to life.'With fierce imagination, a woman...

"Bennett writes like no one else. She is a rare talent, and Checkout 19 is a masterful novel." -Karl Ove KnausgaardFrom the author of the "dazzling…. and daring" Pond (O magazine), the adventures of a young woman discovering her own...

„Big Kiss, Bye-Bye“ von Claire-Louise Bennett ist eine Sammlung von Kurzgeschichten, die sich mit den Nuancen des Alltags und der menschlichen Psyche auseinandersetzen. Bennett erforscht in ihrem charakteristischen, introspektiven Stil...

"A sharp, funny, and eccentric debut … Pond makes the case for Bennett as an innovative writer of real talent. … [It]reminds us that small things have great depths."-New York Times Book Review"Dazzling…exquisitely written and daring ."...

Checkout 19 is a deeply felt, original and devastatingly moving novel from the astonishingly accomplished author of Pond. It follows a young woman who finds herself in love, in conflict with life and death, and in a life made of books,...

Feverish and forthright, Pond is an absorbing chronicle of the pitfalls and pleasures of a solitudinous life told by an unnamed woman living on the cusp of a coastal town. Claire-Louise Bennett's startlingly original debut collection...