alternates between two voices Our Wives Under the Sea is a haunting, evocative novel that juxtaposes the horrors beneath the waves with the life and love that exist on land." ANGELA "As the relationship between the two women deteriorates, Julia Armfield. "The weirdness is kept in check by the humane warmth of Leah and Miri's relationship.There is such tenderness in the precision of these observations of long-term love and such eerie estrangement when the uncanny intrudes." SUSANNAH GOLDSBROUGH Lovecraft, and the film Altered States, Armfield anchors the shudder-producing tale in authentic marine science and a deep understanding of human nature." " moody and intimate debut novel, both a portrait of a marriage and a subtle horror fantasy With echoes of Jules Verne, Thor Heyerdahl (whose work inspired Leah), H.P. Our Wives Under the Sea tends towards the unknowable, which might also be synonymous with death or the uncanny." NIAMH DONNELLY Indeed, though the writing is relentlessly exacting. "Armfield's debut novel is sharp, atmospheric, dryly funny, sad, distinctive. "You've read novels of grief and love, but have you read novels of grief and love that slowly descend into body horror while examining religion, married life, and possibly even fairy tales? Pick this one up for a glorious mix of all the things." ERICA EZEIFEDI As they grow increasingly estranged, the couple shares their different stories of transformation, horror, and loss-Leah through excerpts of her diary of the mission, and Miri in the present day.įlatiron Books.
Leah, it seems, is turning into an altogether different creature. Leah spends hours in the tub, exhibits silvering of her skin, and bleeds frequently.
When she's unexpectedly rescued, her wife Miri-who has finally accepted Leah's death-notices some bizarre changes. Leah gets trapped in the submarine with her crewmates for six months, and is presumed dead at the bottom of the ocean. THE STORY: "The deep sea is a haunted house," opens the novel, "a place in which things that ought not to exist move about in the darkness." When Leah is chosen for a three-week deep-sea-research expedition by a shadowy corporation, the mission goes awry. She is the winner of the White Review Short Story Prize and a Pushcart Prize. Julia Armfield, who lives in London and is also a playwright, is the author of the story collection salt slow (2019). Our Wives Under the Sea." Retrieved from MLA style: "Our Wives Under the Sea." The Free Library.
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