Shy (novella) explained
Shy is a novella by Max Porter, published in 2023.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
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]
Notes and References
- News: Sacks . Sam . 2023-05-19 . Fiction: ‘Shy' by Max Porter . en-US . Wall Street Journal . 2023-11-07 . 0099-9660.
- Web site: Shy by Max Porter: This is a perfect book . 2023-11-07 . The Irish Times . en.
- Web site: In Max Porter's new novel, a troubled, self-destructive young man heads out to the lake . 2023-11-07 . TLS . en-GB.
- News: Kennard . Luke . 2023-03-18 . Max Porter's Shy opens an extraordinary window into a troubled boy's mind . en-GB . The Telegraph . 2023-11-07 . 0307-1235.
- News: Lowdon . Claire . 2023-11-07 . Shy by Max Porter review: he's as weird as ever . en . 2023-11-07 . 0140-0460. The Times.
- News: Waldman . Katy . 2023-05-06 . Max Porter's Novel of Troubled and Enchanted Youth . en-US . The New Yorker . 2023-11-07 . 0028-792X.
- News: Barekat . Houman . 2023-04-07 . Shy by Max Porter — a paean to misunderstood youth . Financial Times . 2023-11-07.
- News: Hoby . Hermione . 2023-05-02 . A Novel Depicts One Disordered Night in the Life of a Teenager . en-US . The New York Times . 2023-11-07 . 0362-4331.
- News: Power . Kevin . 2023-04-05 . Shy by Max Porter review – lyrical study of troubled youth . en-GB . The Guardian . 2023-11-07 . 0261-3077.
- Web site: Presser . Bram . 2023-04-07 . Exciting and radical, this story of a troubled teen explodes on the page . 2023-11-07 . The Sydney Morning Herald . en.
- Web site: 2023-05-27 . A Bewildering World: On Max Porter's "Shy" . 2023-11-07 . Los Angeles Review of Books . en.
