«Excellent... readers will be transformed by this» - Claire Lynch

«Amazing... dazzlingly precise and hauntingly original» - Lara Feigel

«Inventive and inquisitive» - Calvin Bedient

«Astonishing... a masterpiece» - Mary Gordon

The strikingly original exploration of pregnancy and birth by the acclaimed author of «Citizen». In this milestone work that crowned the first phase of her writing career, Claudia Rankine invites us into the life of Liv and her husband Erland, as they face the classic plot: boy loves girl, girl becomes pregnant. The journey of the couple is recorded through dreams, conversations, and reflections in a unique text that manipulates language and crosses genres to conclude in new life: the baby Ersatz.

The plot is an inventive and captivating meditative approach to pregnancy and the changes it brings: the potential physical cost, the loss of autonomy, the sense of impending pause. Each fear intensifies Liv's reluctance to bring life into a confusing world. A profoundly daring collection, it overturns the emotional possibilities of language and form to achieve an unsurpassed understanding of creation and existence.

Pages: 112, Dimensions: 12.8x12.8cm