
Feverish & forthright Pond is an absorbing chronicle of the pitfalls & pleasures of a solitudinous life told by an unnamed woman living on the cusp of a coastal town Broken bowls belligerent cows swanky aubergines trembling moonrises & horrifying sunsets the physical world depicted in these stories is unsettling yet intimately familiar & soon takes on a life of its own Captivated by the stellar charms of seclusion but restless with desire the woman's relationship with her surroundings becomes boundless & increasingly bewildering Claire-Louise Bennett's startlingly original first collection slips effortlessly between worlds & is by turns darkly funny & deeply moving