Vértigo

Women as mothers, daughters, wives, lovers… as observers, narrators, or actresses. Dressed like children or immersed in gray Parisian elegance, changing roles easily in country and language. Successful experts, they control whatever they care about. However, as each new story emerges of each new woman, the superficial tranquility of Vértigo breaks and drowns us in the panic that lurks in daily life, leaving us with one of contemporary literature’s best works.

Joanna Walsh is an author and critic. She has written for The Guardian, The New Statesman, Granta, and the London Review of Books, among many others. She is the author of Hotel, Fractals, Grow a Pair and Worlds From the World’s End.