Tidal Lock by Lindsay Hill (.ePUB)
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Tidal Lock by Lindsay Hill
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Overview: Longlisted for the 2025 Republic of Consciousness Prize
“My name is sometimes Olana. I like to draw things and steal things and go into buildings slated for demolition. . . .“
In this arresting story, a mercurial, disoriented young woman slowly unriddles the truth of her father’s disappearance from traces she barely remembers of her past and only tangentially understands of her present. Olana’s turbulent mind is wildly alert, insistent, sarcastic, rambling, amusing, defiant . . . and in its courageous transformation rises from an imprisoned existence toward the freedom and magnanimity of a self reimagined.
Tidal Lock’s startling textures, non-linear narrative, direct address, and four-part lyric structure amplify the complexity of Olana’s journey and offer a challenging and provocative reading experience. (Kirkus Reviews observes that “patience brings rewards and revelation.”) Alongside the author’s first novel, Sea of Hooks, Tidal Lock — among contemporary masterworks of fiction — may well find a place on the shelf of such enduring titles as Camus’ The Fall, Woolf’s The Waves, Celine’s Journey to the End of the Night, and Kobo Abe’s The Woman in the Dunes.
“We live in a world full of trauma and fear, where it’s often hard to confront, or even admit, exactly what has happened to us. The human mind is endlessly creative at finding ways to cope, though, and many of us don’t even realize the intricate web of fictions we’ve created for ourselves. Lindsay Hill’s new novel, Tidal Lock , explores this vast emotional space between what actually happened and what can currently be faced by one troubled, yet clever young woman whose name is ‘sometimes Olana.’ . . . Tidal Lock is a short and powerful novel, with deep poetic leanings. It’s about family and loss, and soulful searching. The most surprising thing, to me, given how thickly coded the book felt at the beginning, is how thoroughly the story finds its way to clarity in the end. Secrets are revealed; and the reasons for the heavy veil become clear as well. . . . If you’re like me, once you turn the last page, the beginning will call to you again. To return, to revisit, and to see the dark side of the moon, finally, through knowing eyes.”— Mary Lynn Read, The Literary Heist
Genre: Fiction > General Fiction/Classics
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