Blogs in January 2021

Hard Like Water 15th January 2021

A surprising and highly entertaining story of revolutionary vigor and sexual desire, infused with the humor of Yan Lianke’s Serve the People!, Hard Like Water is an unforgettable portrait of two young revolutionaries whose forbidden love sets them against...

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Nervous System 15th January 2021

An electrifying novel about illness, displacement, and what holds us together. Ella is an astrophysicist struggling with her doctoral thesis in the “country of the present” but she is from the “country of the past,” a place burdened in...

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Final Innings 15th January 2021

Final Innings is the story of five tumultuous years in the life of a successful and internationally admired Indian cricketer, Ramdas Upreti. It explores the depths of human desire and disillusionment, hope and regret, love and longing, and deep...

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Gravel Heart 15th January 2021

Moving from revolutionary Zanzibar in the 1960s to restless London in the 1990s, Gravel Heart is a powerful story of exile, migration and betrayal, from the Booker Prize-shortlisted author of Paradise Salim has always believed that his father does...

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Double Negative 15th January 2021

‘One of the most imaginative minds at work in South African literature today.’-Andre Brink Originally part of a collaborative project with photographer David Goldblatt, ‘Double Negative’ is a subtle triptych that captures the ordinary life of Neville Lister during...

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