Shy (novella)
2023 book by Max Porter
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Shy is a novella by Max Porter, published in 2023.[1][2][3][4][5]
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| Author | Max Porter |
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| Language | English |
| Publisher | Faber and Faber |
Publication date | 2023 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Pages | 128 |
| ISBN | 9780571377305 |
| Preceded by | The Death of Francis Bacon |
The book is named after its protagonist, a 16-year-old at a boarding school for troubled boys, in England in 1995.[6][7] The story takes place over the course of a few hours one night. "The book's true setting, however, is the sprawling, shifting terrain of Shy's mind."[8] According to Kevin Power, writing in The Guardian, "it is interested in questions of childhood and maturity, cruelty and compassion, art and despair".[9] Shy mixes prose and poetry. Stylistically, there is unusual typography.[7][10] Similar to Porter's other works, the writing itself is experimental, reflecting the subject's chaotic mind.[10][11]
