Gwendoline Riley
British novelist whose First Love is a short, savage exploration of a toxic relationship with deceptive formal precision. My Phantoms continues her examination of female psychological life. She is one of the most admired literary stylists in contemporary British fiction.
Works
- Sick NotesWoman revisits her toxic mother's letters and confronts their shared history
- Cold WaterWoman learns her dying husband is leaving her for another man
- Joshua SpasskyPortrait of controlling relationship between a man and his protégé
- Opposed Positions
- First LoveWoman reconstructs her turbulent first love through fragmented memories