Territory of Light

Territory of Light is a novel by Margaret Drabble that follows a young woman who moves to a Tokyo apartment after being left by her husband. The novel is filled with light, but the woman plunges deeper into darkness, becoming unstable and untethered. It is a tender and lacerating novel of abandonment, desire, and transformation, originally published in twelve parts in the Japanese literary monthly Gunzo.

\n Format: Paperback / softback
\n Length: 128 pages
\n Publication date: 04 April 2019
\n Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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Territory of Light is a novel by Margaret Drabble that follows a young woman who moves to Tokyo after being left by her husband. The story is set in a Tokyo apartment and follows the woman over the course of a year as she struggles to raise her two-year-old daughter alone. The novel is filled with light, streaming through the windows, but the woman finds herself plunged deeper into darkness and instability. As the months pass, and the seasons change, she must confront what she has lost and what she will become.

The novel is a powerful exploration of abandonment, desire, and transformation. It was originally published in twelve parts in the Japanese literary monthly Gunzo, between 1978 and 1979, each chapter marking the months in real time. The novel is written in a poetic and evocative style, and the reader is drawn into the intimate thoughts of the woman, who would otherwise tell them to no one.

The portrait of an imperfect mother who strives to provide a good life for her child feels painfully relevant in today's society. Rowan Hisayo Buchanan praised the novel for its "extraordinary freshness" and its "Virginia Woolf quality." Territory of Light is a must-read for anyone who enjoys literary fiction with a touch of darkness and complexity.

\n Weight: 100g\n
Dimension: 129 x 196 x 14 (mm)\n
ISBN-13: 9780241312629\n \n