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Bookmark or Share- SHOCK | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionarynoun. uk / ʃɒk / us / ʃɑːk / shock noun (SURPRISE) Add to word list. B1 [ C or U ] (the emotional or physical reaction to) a sudden, unexpected, and usually unpleasant event or experience: come as a shock Her mother's death came as a great shock - it was so unexpected. It was such a loud crash - it gave me/I got quite a shock.
- Shock Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webstershock. 1 of 6. noun (1) ˈshäk. often attributive. Synonyms of shock. 1. a (1) : a sudden or violent mental or emotional disturbance. (2) : a disturbance in the equilibrium or permanence of something. b. : something that causes such disturbance. the loss came as a shock. c. : a state of being so disturbed. were in shock after they heard the news. 2.
- A Shock by Keith Ridgway - New Directions PublishingKeith Ridgway. Contemporary Irish writer. Idiosyncratic and fascinating. — Zadie Smith. Keith Ridgway’s new novel A Shock bends the rules of plot and time. — Zack Kopp, Rain Taxi. Don’t call it a novel in stories or a collection; just call it the Irish writer’s masterpiece. — Publishers Weekly, “Best Books of 2021”
- A Shock by Keith Ridgway | Goodreads807 ratings132 reviews. Finally, Ridgway gives us A Shock, his thrilling and unsparing, slippery and shockingly good new novel. Formed as a rondel of interlocking stories with a clutch of more or less loosely connected repeating characters, it’s at once deracinated yet potent with place, druggy yet frighteningly shot through with reality.
- A Shock by Keith Ridgway review - The GuardianFrom a subtle exploration of how racism can intrude on a friendship to the burning anger of inequality, A Shock pays close attention to contemporary London’s political and geographical fabric;...
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