The Simulacrum - Samiha Hussain

Samiha Hussain is an 18-year-old Bengali writer and computer science student from South London. She draws inspiration from classic literature and explores creative expression through both her writing and personal style. When she's not writing, she enjoys video games, art, and discovering new interests across a variety of fields.

GENRE: Literary Fiction

Blurb:

Blending fiction with lived experience, The Simulacrum belongs to the genre of autofiction, a form that blurs the boundaries between autobiography and imagination. Rather than following a traditional plot, it turns inward, tracing the protagonist’s inner world: her disintegration, her tentative reconstruction, and her philosophical reckonings with selfhood, love, and loss. Episodic, confessional, and deeply introspective, this book is a work that lingers on questions rather than answers.