Other People’s Beds

In her debut title, Other People’s Beds, Anna Punsoda shines a light onto the darkest corners of the soul with a clean, sharp prose that is punchy, devastating, and tender at the same time. Punsoda beautifully highlights her protagonist's body, a body that has been carved out of stone by her father’s alcoholism and her mother’s frustrated apathy. This character’s stolen innocence leads to her to losing herself in other people’s beds. As shocking and sad as it is funny and liberating, Anna Punsoda’s Other People’s Beds has won unanimous plaudits in her native Catalonia. This powerful debut is written so beautifully and with such ease and fluidity that Punsoda is most definitely one to watch.

‘…Other People’s Beds’ self-affirming style remained with me—walked alongside me—as I made my way home from the coffee shop where I was able to finish the novel, which read like a long short story, in one sitting. In place of images of trauma revisited, I’m grateful to have been given Claustre’s wit, her unexpected turns of phrase, her potent omissions, and her evocative innuendos, which served as reliable guideposts in otherwise boundless and treacherous territory.’ —Jenny Wu, FULL STOP MAGAZINE