Sympathy
Apr 2017 Ā· Sold by HarperCollins
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āPacked with tension, pathos, and vitality . . . This is a potent first novel from a formidable talent.ā ā Minneapolis Star Tribune
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āThe best fictional account Iāve read of the way the internet has shaped our inner lives.ā ā Guardian (UK)
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At twenty-three Alice Hare, a loner, arrives in New York with only the vaguest of plans: to find a city to call home. Instead she discovers the online profile of a Japanese writer called Mizuko Himura, whose stories blur the line between autobiography and fiction. Alice becomes infatuated with Mizuko from afar, convinced this strangerās life holds a mirror to her own. Realities multiply as Alice closes in on her āinternet twin,ā staging a chance encounter and inserting herself into his orbit. When Mizuko disappears, Alice is alone and adrift again. Tortured by her silence, Alice uses the only tool at her disposal, writing herself back into Mizukoās story, with disastrous consequences.
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āA smart and lyrical evocation of that murky emotional terrain between our online and offline selves.ā ā Vice (UK)
āAt once a riveting mystery and a literary tour de force, Sympathy had me spellbound from the first page to the last.ā ā Emily Gould, author of Friendship
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āThe best fictional account Iāve read of the way the internet has shaped our inner lives.ā ā Guardian (UK)
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At twenty-three Alice Hare, a loner, arrives in New York with only the vaguest of plans: to find a city to call home. Instead she discovers the online profile of a Japanese writer called Mizuko Himura, whose stories blur the line between autobiography and fiction. Alice becomes infatuated with Mizuko from afar, convinced this strangerās life holds a mirror to her own. Realities multiply as Alice closes in on her āinternet twin,ā staging a chance encounter and inserting herself into his orbit. When Mizuko disappears, Alice is alone and adrift again. Tortured by her silence, Alice uses the only tool at her disposal, writing herself back into Mizukoās story, with disastrous consequences.
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āA smart and lyrical evocation of that murky emotional terrain between our online and offline selves.ā ā Vice (UK)
āAt once a riveting mystery and a literary tour de force, Sympathy had me spellbound from the first page to the last.ā ā Emily Gould, author of Friendship
āPacked with tension, pathos, and vitality . . . This is a potent first novel from a formidable talent.ā ā Minneapolis Star Tribune
āThe best fictional account Iāve read of the way the internet has shaped our inner lives.ā ā Guardian (UK)
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About the author
OLIVIA SUDJIC was born in London in 1988. She studied English literature at Cambridge University, where she was awarded the E. G. Harwood English Prize and made a Bateman Scholar. Sheās written for publications including Elle, Sunday Times' Style, and the Observer, among others. She lives in London and started writing her first novel, Sympathy, in 2014.
OLIVIA SUDJIC was born in London in 1988. She studied English literature at Cambridge University, where she was awarded the E. G. Harwood English Prize and made a Bateman Scholar. Sheās written for publications including Elle, Sunday Times' Style, and the Observer, among others. She lives in Lond...
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