Headshot
Eight teenage girls fight through a boxing tournament in Reno — and we glimpse all their futures.
Acheter : Amazon · Place des libraires · Fnac
Présentation
In a run-down gym in Reno, eight teenage girls compete in a youth boxing tournament, fighting their way through brackets over a single sweltering weekend. Rita Bullwinkel's Headshot moves between the ring and the girls' inner lives, flashing forward to reveal who they will become long after the bouts are forgotten. Longlisted for the 2024 Booker Prize and a finalist for the 2025 Pulitzer Prize, it is a formally inventive, propulsive novel about ambition, the body and female competitiveness. Spare and hypnotic, it turns a regional tournament into a meditation on what we strive for and what endures. A striking, original portrait of girls who hit hard.