Olivia Sudjic

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Olivia Sudjic
NationalityBritish
OccupationNovelist
Known forSympathy (publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)

Olivia Sudjic (born 1988)[1] is a British fiction writer whose first book Sympathy received positive reviews in the press, from publications such as the New York Times,[2] The Guardian[3] and The New Republic.[4]

Background[]

Sudjic was born in London, England. She went to school there[5][6] and then read English Literature at Trinity Hall, Cambridge[7][8] where she won the E.G. Harwood Prize for English.[9][10][11]

Sympathy (2017)[]

Sympathy revolves around a twenty-something woman visiting New York who becomes obsessed with an older woman via the social media app Instagram. The book is recognized for addressing generational differences: "A child of the age of algorithms, she notices everything but knows the value and significance of nothing."[12] As for the structure, it resembles the disjointed experience of surfing the internet, thereby reinforcing the story's focus on technology.[3]

The reviews for Sympathy have been enthusiastic. The New Republic refers to the novel as "a remarkable debut, and with the arrival of such a novelist we can finally welcome our techno-dystopian future with open arms."[4] According to The New Republic, Sympathy is "The First Great Instagram Novel", dealing with obsession and smartphone technology.[13] The article goes on to say: "Rarely do novels so ostentatiously of the moment succeed so well at gesturing to the universal."[12] The novel was also mentioned in Vanity Fair,[14] The Financial Times,[15][16] The Spectator,[1] The Telegraph,[17] Elle,[18] Esquire,[19] Star Tribune,[20] The Times,[21] The New Yorker[22] and Vice,[23] among others.

Sudjic began writing Sympathy in 2014 while staying with her grandmother in Manhattan.[24][25] New York City ended up becoming integral to the story, representing the protagonist's "...searching and longing for connection."[26] In the beginning, Sudjic intended to write an historical novel, but changed her mind and set the story in contemporary times.[25] Sympathy has been described as a feminist work, with Sudjic stating that the internet is male dominated.[27][18]

Exposure (2018)[]

Sudjic's second book, Exposure, was published on 1 November 2018 by Peninsula Press.[28]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "Tales of three cities - The Spectator". 5 August 2017.
  2. ^ Phillips, Kaitlin (13 April 2017). "In This Tale of Online Intimacy, the Only Wise Characters Are Luddites". The New York Times.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b "Sympathy by Olivia Sudjic, book review: It's a gripping odyssey into one woman's online-addled inner life". 26 April 2017.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b Livingstone, Jo (17 March 2017). "The First Great Instagram Novel". The New Republic.
  5. ^ "'Sympathy Powder in the Internet Era, A Conversation with Olivia Sudjic' by Anna Martin".
  6. ^ "Five Minutes With...Olivia Sudjic". May 2017.
  7. ^ "Meet the new faces of fiction for 2017". 22 January 2017.
  8. ^ https://www.trinhall.cam.ac.uk/about/thwomen40/profiles/olivia-sudjic
  9. ^ "Q&A with author Olivia Sudjic". Financial Times.
  10. ^ "Olivia Sudjic - Pushkin Press". www.pushkinpress.com.
  11. ^ "Become an FT subscriber to read | Financial Times".
  12. ^ Jump up to: a b Eyre, Hermione (26 May 2017). "Sympathy by Olivia Sudjic review – up-to-the-minute debut". the Guardian.
  13. ^ Livingstone, Josephine (2017-03-17). "The First Great Instagram Novel". The New Republic. ISSN 0028-6583. Retrieved 2020-02-21.
  14. ^ Crosley, Sloane (4 April 2017). "What to Read Right Now: Peter Heller's Celine, Sheryl Sandberg's Option B, and More".
  15. ^ "Become an FT subscriber to read | Financial Times".
  16. ^ "Subscribe to read". Financial Times. Cite uses generic title (help)
  17. ^ Bird, Orlando (11 May 2017). "What will 'the great internet novel' be like?". The Telegraph – via www.telegraph.co.uk.
  18. ^ Jump up to: a b "Olivia Sudjic Talks To ELLE About Her First Novel 'Sympathy', Navigating Social Media And Being A Millennial Rent-A-Voice". 2 June 2017.
  19. ^ "12 Books Perfect For Your Summer Holiday". 12 July 2017.
  20. ^ "Review: 'Sympathy,' by Olivia Sudjic".
  21. ^ Wilson, Fiona (27 May 2017). "Review: Sympathy by Olivia Sudjic" – via www.thetimes.co.uk.
  22. ^ Yorker, The New (24 October 2017). "What We're Reading This Week" – via www.newyorker.com.
  23. ^ "'Sympathy' Is the Debut Novel From Olivia Sudjic About Instagram and Intimacy". 28 April 2017.
  24. ^ Maitland, Hayley. "Five Minutes With...Olivia Sudjic".
  25. ^ Jump up to: a b Beckerman, Hannah; Clark, Alex; O'Keeffe, Alice; Kellaway, Kate; Sethi, Anita; Lewis, Tim; Parkinson, Hannah Jane; Cross, Stephanie; O'Kelly, Lisa (22 January 2017). "Meet the new faces of fiction for 2017". the Guardian.
  26. ^ "A Conversation with Olivia Sudjic - Read It Forward". 15 May 2017.
  27. ^ "45 Queer and Feminist Books You Need To Read in Early 2017". 16 January 2017.
  28. ^ "Exposure by Olivia Sudjic". Peninsula Press.

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