Sarah Moss
Sarah Moss is the author of several novels and a memoir of her year living in Iceland, Names for the Sea, shortlisted for the RSL Ondaatje Prize. Her novels are Summerwater, Cold Earth, Night Waking, Bodies of Light (shortlisted for the Wellcome Book Prize), Signs for Lost Children (shortlisted for the Wellcome Book Prize), The Tidal Zone (shortlisted for the Wellcome Book Prize) and Ghost Wall, which was shortlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction in 2019.
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FictionFiction | The Online Edition
Fiction | The Online Edition
things that didn’t happen
Sarah Moss
‘Suddenly, your heart began; suddenly in the darkness of your mother’s womb there was a crackle and a flash and out of nothing, the current began to run.’
Essays & MemoirEssays & Memoir | The Online Edition
Essays & Memoir | The Online Edition
Shakespeare for Children
Sarah Moss
‘I can’t think, my mother said as we sat down, why people think a play that’s all about unsanctioned sexual desire is suitable for little girls.’
Essays & MemoirEssays & Memoir | The Online Edition
Essays & Memoir | The Online Edition
On the Refugee Crisis
Sarah Moss
‘I imagine that each of my migrant forebears needed a bit of help on each arrival, a bit of human decency’
FictionFiction | The Online Edition
Fiction | The Online Edition
Japan Lights
Sarah Moss
‘She kneels and bows her head almost to the floor, as if pretending he’s one of her idols.’
