Head First, From a Height by Freyja Hellebust

In Head First, From a Height, award-winning author Freyja Hellebust delivers a stunning debut that defies expectations. What begins as a seemingly ordinary Spanish summer holiday transforms into a profound exploration of youth, isolation, and human connection.

Winner of the Gerald Griffin First Fiction Prize, this novel announces the arrival of a bold new voice in contemporary fiction. With echoes of Joyce and O’Brien, Hellebust captures the universal in the particular, offering a compassionate portrait of a generation discovering multiple realities in an ever-shifting world.

Through her intriguing style and acute sensory detail, Hellebust crafts a world both vivid and disorienting. As the story unfolds, readers are drawn into a masterful meditation on the moments that shape us and the fleeting connections that can alter our course.

Head First, From a Height is a sensuous, thought-provoking journey that lingers long after the final page is turned.