We are Made of Diamond Stuff | Agenda Bookshop Skip to content
Black Friday Sale Now On! | Buy 3 Get 1 Free on all books | Instore & Online.
Black Friday Sale Now On! | Buy 3 Get 1 Free on all books | Instore & Online.
A01=Isabel Waidner
Age Group_Uncategorized
Age Group_Uncategorized
Author_Isabel Waidner
automatic-update
Category1=Fiction
Category=FA
COP=United Kingdom
Delivery_Delivery within 10-20 working days
Language_English
PA=In stock
Price_€10 to €20
PS=Active
softlaunch

We are Made of Diamond Stuff

English

By (author): Isabel Waidner

Shortlisted for the Goldsmiths Prize and the Republic of Consciousness Prize Polar bears emerge from t-shirts. Reeboks come to life. Nothing is normal in the house of Mother Normal. In Isabel Waidners second novel, we follow an unnamed narrator who looks like Eleven from Stranger Things, but is in fact a 36-year-old migrant working for minimum wage in a run-down hotel on the Isle of Wight. Along with their best friend, Shae, the narrator faces Ukip activists, shapeshifting creatures, and despotic bosses while trying to hold down their job and preparing for their Life in the UK test. This is fiction that extends the avant-garde tradition beyond the upper-class experience that it usually chronicles making it over as an ally of working-class queer experience. Set against a backdrop of austerity and decline, We Are Made of Diamond Stuff is an irreverent, boundary-erasing piece of work that celebrates the radical potential of resistance, ingenuity, and friendship. See more
Current price €14.44
Original price €16.99
Save 15%
A01=Isabel WaidnerAge Group_UncategorizedAuthor_Isabel Waidnerautomatic-updateCategory1=FictionCategory=FACOP=United KingdomDelivery_Delivery within 10-20 working daysLanguage_EnglishPA=In stockPrice_€10 to €20PS=Activesoftlaunch
Delivery/Collection within 10-20 working days
Product Details
  • Dimensions: 129 x 198mm
  • Publication Date: 21 Apr 2022
  • Publisher: Peninsula Press Ltd
  • Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9781913512088

About Isabel Waidner

Isabel Waidner is a writer and academic. They are the author of three novels: Sterling Karat Gold (2021) We Are Made of Diamond Stuff (2019) and Gaudy Bauble (2017). They are the winner of the Goldsmiths Prize 2021 and were shortlisted for both the Republic of Consciousness Prize (twice) and the Goldsmiths Prize in 2019. They are a co-founder of the event series Queers Read This at the Institute of Contemporary Arts London and the programmer and presenter of This Isnt a Dream a fortnightly literary talk show also hosted by the ICA via Instagram live.

Customer Reviews

Be the first to write a review
0%
(0)
0%
(0)
0%
(0)
0%
(0)
0%
(0)
We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. If you continue we'll assume that you are understand this. Learn more
Accept