Small

The narrator's favorite demons include Romeo, Hamlet, Andromache, and the gargantuan Small, who is always there, slyly riding on the shoulders of a woman running for miles to get away.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 80 pages
Publication date: 01 October 2020
Publisher: Parthian Books

We all possess our beloved demons, each unique in their essence. Romeo, consumed by desperation, clings to the bushes beneath Juliet's balcony, yearning for a fleeting glimpse of her bare body, nipples stiffening against powdered ribs. Asserting his sanity, Hamlet engages in conversation with his trusted confidant, the squat skull grinning within his palm. Andromache, torn between grief and madness, screams for her beloved child, her voice soaring like a sycamore from the walls of Troy, as her husband is brutally dragged to his death in the treacherous dirt. Amidst this tapestry of souls, the narrator is relentlessly haunted by their most formidable demon: the gargantuan Small. Told with a raw intensity that sears, the secretive nature of living with an eating disorder is exposed and granted the voice that only ever hisses darkly within the skull.

Through the dissolution of relationships, the solace of bath times, the cacophony of Delhi, and the purgatory of hospital waiting rooms, Small remains ever present, slyly perched upon the shoulders of a woman who runs for miles in search of escape, yet forever tormented by the insatiable hunger that consumes her.

Weight: 116g
Dimension: 149 x 209 x 17 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781912681761