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First Published:
Jun 2005, 192 pages
Paperback:
Jun 2006, 192 pages
This article relates to Yellow
Janni Visman
studied film at the London
College of printing and mixed
media at the Slade School of
Fine Art. She lives in London.
Her first novel, Sex
Education was published by
Bloomsbury UK in 2002 and,
according to one reviewer offers
'the most haunting portrayal of
the abusive power of
relationships in girls'
friendships since Atwood's
Cat's Eye'. Yellow is
her second novel and her first
to be published in the USA.
Visman says 'in a desperate rush
to finish my first novel, Sex
Education, I was confined to
my study for over a week.
Anxious to avoid any
distractions, I got my food
shopping delivered via the
internet or my husband kindly
went out and got supplies. I was
beginning to get cabin fever but
also experienced a strange
resistance to the prospect of
going outside and being part of
the world again. It was very
easy to stay in and have
everything brought to me. I
began to think about writing a
book in which the main character
never went outside her home for
the duration of the story. That
was the initial starting point
for Yellow."
This "beyond the book article" relates to Yellow. It originally ran in July 2005 and has been updated for the
June 2006 paperback edition.
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