Sight: A Novel
Sight: A Novel by Jessie Greengrass, published by Hogarth on August 21, 2018, is a thought-provoking exploration of motherhood and the complexities of familial relationships. In this 208-page debut novel, the unnamed narrator reflects on her journey to becoming a mother while grappling with the memories of her own mother’s death a decade earlier and the summers spent with her psychoanalyst grandmother. The narrative intertwines personal experiences with pivotal moments in medical history, including the discovery of the X-ray and the evolution of psychoanalysis.
Readers will find a rich tapestry of themes such as loss, grief, and the challenges of scientific discovery woven throughout the text. Sight delves into the intricate dynamics of being both a parent and a child, examining the profound experiences of bringing life into the world and the emotional weight of letting go. This edition presents an incisive look at how we perceive others and understand ourselves, making it a significant contribution to contemporary fiction focused on family life and women’s experiences.
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SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN’S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2018
‘A dazzling obsessive entry in a burgeoning genre. Unusual and absorbing… the novel as a whole exudes a strange consoling power.’ – The New Yorker
‘Sight delves into a lot in under 200 pages: mothers and daughters, birth and death, loss and grief, finding one’s balance, the ardor and arduousness of scientific discovery. Readers willing to give themselves over to Greengrass’ penetrating vision will surely expand theirs.’ – NPR
‘With visceral, elegantly wrought truths of life and loss, this is an exciting companion to Sheila Heti’s recent Motherhood (2018).’ – Booklist
In Jessie Greengrass’ dazzlingly brilliant debut novel, our unnamed narrator recounts her progress to motherhood, while remembering the death of her own mother ten years before, and the childhood summers she spent with her psychoanalyst grandmother.
Woven among these personal recollections are significant events in medical history: Wilhelm Rontgen’s discovery of the X-ray; Sigmund Freud’s development of psychoanalysis and the work that he did with his daughter, Anna; and the origins of modern surgery and the anatomy of pregnant bodies.
Sight is a novel about being a parent and a child: what it is like to bring a person in to the world, and what it is to let one go. Exquisitely written and fiercely intelligent, it is an incisive exploration of how we see others, and how we might know ourselves.
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