Description
Evie Wyld was a girl obsessed with sharks. Spending summers in the brutal heat of coastal New South Wales, she fell for the creatures. Their teeth, their skin, their eyes; their hunters and their victims.
Everything is Teeth is a delicate and intimate collection of the memories she brought home to England, a book about family, love and the irresistible forces that pass through life unseen, under the surface, ready to emerge at any point.
An intimate and unique visual memoir by the multi-prizewinning Evie Wyld
About the Author
Evie Wyld is the award-winning author of four novels and one graphic novel. She has won the Betty Trask Award, Miles Franklin Award, John Llewellyn Rhys Prize, Encore Award, Jerwood Fiction Prize and the European Union Prize. In 2013 she was included in Granta's once-a-decade list of Best of Young British Novelists. She is a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and runs an independent bookshop in Peckham called Review. Joe Sumner is a London-based model maker and illustrator. Everything is Teeth is his first book. For more of his work stop by www.josephsumner.com.
Reviews
A visual memoir with beautifully drawn illustrations by Joe Sumner. -- Danuta Kean * Independent on Sunday *
Its minute observations and most unsettling moments stayed with me, like a shark tooth kept in a pocket, a souvenir of someone else's life. -- Charlotte Runcie, 4 stars * Telegraph *
It is remarkable how an autobiographical - I stress this - book can enact a movement away from the self and become the repository of so much humility. -- Neel Mukherjee * Independent *
Wyld tells the story of her obsession and fascination with the shark, and charts the undercurrents, tensions and joys of family life. Model-maker Joe Sumner's illustrations, full of tension and grace, are a haunting accompaniment. -- Louise Gorrod * Simple Things *
Sumner's wondrous art is a perfect visual correlative to Wyld's spare lyricism. * i *
Book Information
ISBN 9780224099714
Author Evie Wyld
Format Hardback
Page Count 128
Imprint Jonathan Cape Ltd
Publisher Vintage Publishing
Weight(grams) 703g
Dimensions(mm) 264mm * 209mm * 18mm
