BETWEEN THIS WORLD AND THE NEXT

AvPraveen Herat

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Moldova. Dubai. Liberia. London.Phnom Penh, 1998."You can be different here in Cambodia. Everything is possible," Alyosha tells war photographer "Fearless" Joseph Nightingale, introducing his old friend to the allure of a city on a dazzling rebound after decades of communist terror. Years spent close to theviolence of conflict zones around the world have left Fearless worn, unable to grieve the sudden death of his partner. Unpacking his bags, he reminds himself that he has come to East Asia to escape, and yet his return to Phnom Penh is something he swore never to do.A young Khmer woman hears the stranger's arrival and hours later finds him drugged and near death. Song has also been left physically and emotionally scarred by Cambodia's new possibilities, and she will make sure that Fearless survives. After all, she has kept alive the memory of her twin sister for years.When Song disappears, leaving only a mysterious videotape behind, Fearless must navigate a dangerous web of power brokers, kingpins, traffickers, and arms dealers, uncovering a sprawling network of criminality and corruption in a new, post-Soviet world.As the fog of media wars escalates our exposure to suffering around the globe, Herat asks if it is possible anymore to know the truth about anyone, even those we hold dearest?SOONER OR LATER, YOU HAVE TO TAKE SIDES.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2024-08-08
Mått:129 x 198 x 43 mm
Vikt:548 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Förlag:Selkies House Limited
ISBN:9781738522088
Utmärkelser:Winner of Restless Books Prize for New Immigrant Writing 2022

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Praveen Herat was born in London to Sri Lankan parents and educated at Oxford and the University of East Anglia. He lived in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, for several years, a period that marked him profoundly and prompted his research for what would become Between This World and the Next. Since 2010 he has lived in Paris.

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"Captivating, immersive, and arrestingly beautiful, Between This World and the Next holds you in its grip as it effortlessly navigates the complexities of our modern world." Saleem Haddad, author of Guapa.; "Set in Cambodia, Between This World and the Next is a tender, yet clear-eyed thriller . . . Elevated by a subtle hum of near-poetic prose, [it] is a compelling debut by a novelist who . . . cares about enduring human questions of love and rage, witness and action, and what it means to be good." Nii Ayikwei Parkes, author of Azucar.; "After a chance encounter, Song and Fearless, each burdened with trauma, each with grief, set off on an extraordinary journey. First through the Cambodian underworld to uncover the mastermind behind a brutal criminal ring, then across Asia, Africa, and Europe to find and save each other, and finally through a mazy wilderness of arms dealers, spies, ordinary citizens and corrupt, powerful bureaucrats to see if even in this fallen world, they might retain their fundamental humanity and, just possibly, also find the one true reason to live: love. Thrilling, terrifying, propulsive and complex, endowed with unforgettable characters and imbued with great beauty, Between This World and the Next is a terrific, gorgeous novel." Paul Griner, author of The Book of Otto and Liam