Wretchedness

Beauty and poverty; violence, addiction and brotherhood. Written with unstoppable flow, Wretchedness mixes high and low culture in an inimitable way.

Winner of the 2021 Oxford-Weidenfeld Translation Prize

Shortlisted for the 2016 August Prize

Longlisted for the 2021 International Booker Prize

Malmö,
Sweden. A cellist meets a spun-out junkie. That
could have been me. His mind starts to glitch between his memories and the
avant-garde music he loves, and he descends into his past, hearing all over
again the chaotic song of his youth. He emerges to a different sound, heading
for a crash.

From sprawling housing projects to underground clubs and squat parties, Wretchedness is a blistering trip through the underbelly of Europe’s cities. Powered by a furious, unpredictable beat, this is a paean to brotherhood, to those who didn’t make it however hard they fought, and a visceral indictment of the poverty which took them.

• | Author: Andrzej Tichy, Nichola Smalley
• | Publisher: And Other Stories
• | Publication Date: Jun 02, 2020
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• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-13: 9781911508762
• | ISBN-10: 1911508768