The Rabbit Hutch: A Novel (National Book Award Winner)

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a b Graham, Annabel (16 August 2022). "An Otherworldly Glint: Tess Gunty Interviewed". BOMB Magazine . Retrieved 11 October 2022. A] bizarre, enticing story . . . Addictive . . . This is a novel for both the hopeless and hopeful, and though Gunty does not spare us from the violence of humanity, she understands that it does not define us exclusively. As a writer, Gunty is both deft and versatile. Though she may be unknown to most of her readers, The Rabbit Hutchalready feels like something only Tess Gunty could write.” —Mara Sandroff, Newcity Lit

An online obituary writer. A young mother with a dark secret. A woman waging a solo campaign against rodents— neighbors, separated only by the thin walls of a low-cost housing complex in the once bustling industrial center of Vacca Vale, Indiana. Throughout, tension is mixed with hilarity, heartbreak with hope. It all makes for a gripping, memorable debut full of peculiar wonders.” — The Mail on Sunday(London), “The Very Hottest Summer Reads”Sheehan, Dan (26 August 2022). "Tess Gunty has won the inaugural Waterstones debut fiction prize". Literary Hub . Retrieved 12 October 2022. As the novel unfolds, we learn that the local government in Vacca Vale is soon to begin construction on a revitalization plan, designed to turn Vacca Vale “from a dying postindustrial city into a startup hub, attracting talent from around the world.” The developer at the helm of the project is quoted in the local paper: “Urban revitalization plans have failed countless residents in the past. But we won’t fail you.” What would failure look like for the residents of the Rabbit Hutch? Are they already failed from the start? Philosophical, and earthy, and tender and also simply very fun to read—Tess Gunty is a distinctive talent, with a generous and gently brilliant mind.” —Rivka Galchen, author of Everyone Knows Your Mother Is a Witch Somehow, I’d saved enough money from my student stipend to write full-time that summer. Every morning, I’d walk to Prospect Park with a notebook and books and a five-dollar beach towel, leaving all my electronics at home.

Original and incisive . . . This is an important American novel, a portrait of a dying city and, by extension, a dying system. Its propulsive power is not only in its insight and wit, but in the story of this ethereal girl. . . . She is so vibrantly alive and awake that when I finished this book, I wanted to feel that. I wanted to walk outside. I wanted what is real. I wanted to wake up. Tess Gunty’s The Rabbit Hutchis breathtaking, compassionate and spectacular.” —Una Mannion, The Irish Times Price, Emily (August 15, 2022). "The Rabbit Hutch Is a Frenetic Debut About Alienation". Paste Magazine . Retrieved November 17, 2022. Again, this review really pains me - there are definitely glimmers of something special in Gunty's writing, hence the generous rounding up of my rating, but it ended up being a very big miss in the end. That being said, I would definitely read another book from her in the future - Google tells me she signed a two-book deal, so I'm sure I'll get that chance.

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On a hot night in Apartment C4, Blandine Watkins exits her body. She is only 18 years old, but she has spent most of her life wishing for this to happen”. One of the most talked about debuts of the year so far, Tess Gunty’s The Rabbit Hutchfeels like a cult classic in the making.” —i-D The Rabbit Hutch is a 2022 debut novel by writer Tess Gunty and winner of the 2022 National Book Award for Fiction. [1] Gunty won the inaugural Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize [2] and the Barnes & Noble Discover Prize for the novel. [3] [4] [5] Writing and development [ edit ] The Rabbit Hutch,” out next Tuesday, opens with the protagonist literally exiting her body. Blandine Watkins, a brilliant and striking 18-year-old fresh out of the foster care system, lies bleeding on the floor of her apartment. “[S]he has spent most of her life wishing for this to happen,” the narrator clarifies. “The agony is sweet.”