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Things Are Against Us by Lucy Ellmann
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‘As full of wit as wisdom…Urgent, angry and often very funny.’
Bookmunch
‘[Ellmann’s] ire is matched only by an irrepressible comic impulse…She’s out to foment revolution.’
Observer
‘Funny, sarcastic, playful and self-deprecating, but also provocative and fantastically experimental with language and structure. Ellmann is a master of lists, a seemingly prosaic procession of words builds to a rhythm and poetically creates original insight into how humans are ruining the planet and all of humanity.’
Readings
'[A] wickedly funny, rousing, depressing, caps-driven work of linguistic gymnastics hellbent on upbraiding the deleterious forces of the prevailing misogyny.'
Guardian
'[Lucy Ellmann's] blazing diatribes and comedic energy fuel the purposeful lamentation of these hilarious and potent essays.'
Saturday Paper
'Fiery, provocative…For all the wit and wordplay, Ellmann has important points to make, not least about the way that our flailing world is upheld.'
Independent
'A series of extremely entertaining rants.'
BBC Front Row
'[Ellmann] is just so wise and cynical and angry…she’s not a polite writer; she doesn’t hold back.’
RNZ Nine to Noon
'Something of a literary agent provocateur, lobbing essays like hand grenades into the public domain, [Lucy Ellmann] covers a wide range of topics in this collection...Whether satiric, wacky, or angry, Booker-shortlisted novelist Ellmann is interesting and fearless.’
SMH/Age
‘As full of wit as wisdom…Urgent, angry and often very funny.’
Bookmunch
‘[Ellmann’s] ire is matched only by an irrepressible comic impulse…She’s out to foment revolution.’
Observer
‘Funny, sarcastic, playful and self-deprecating, but also provocative and fantastically experimental with language and structure. Ellmann is a master of lists, a seemingly prosaic procession of words builds to a rhythm and poetically creates original insight into how humans are ruining the planet and all of humanity.’
Readings
'[A] wickedly funny, rousing, depressing, caps-driven work of linguistic gymnastics hellbent on upbraiding the deleterious forces of the prevailing misogyny.'
Guardian
'[Lucy Ellmann's] blazing diatribes and comedic energy fuel the purposeful lamentation of these hilarious and potent essays.'
Saturday Paper
'Fiery, provocative…For all the wit and wordplay, Ellmann has important points to make, not least about the way that our flailing world is upheld.'
Independent
'A series of extremely entertaining rants.'
BBC Front Row
'[Ellmann] is just so wise and cynical and angry…she’s not a polite writer; she doesn’t hold back.’
RNZ Nine to Noon
'Something of a literary agent provocateur, lobbing essays like hand grenades into the public domain, [Lucy Ellmann] covers a wide range of topics in this collection...Whether satiric, wacky, or angry, Booker-shortlisted novelist Ellmann is interesting and fearless.’
SMH/Age