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Intan Paramaditha - Night of a Thousand Hells, Inbunden

Inbunden, Engelska, 2026

Night of a Thousand Hells

Av Intan Paramaditha

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Beskrivning
"Buoyant, boisterous and often brutal."―The Observer"Fascinating."―Mariana EnriquezTHE INDEPENDENT'S BOOK OF THE MONTHTHREE SISTERS. A CARETAKER, A TRAVELLER, AND A BRIDE.Mutiara and Maya’s lives are irrevocably altered when their younger sister Annisa straps a bomb to her waist and commits a devastating act.As they grapple with grief, guilt, and unanswered questions, their search leads them to long-concealed secrets, forsaken family bonds, andthe unsettling prophecies of their grandmother, whose enigmatic wisdom has shaped the destinies of women across generations.Paramaditha's haunting novel subversively blends Islamic mysticism, horror, and political reckoning, all seen through the ghostly lens of Indonesian folklore and occult traditions.SHORTLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARDS 2026READER REVIEWS"What a gorgeous, hectic, and moving novel." Connor, Waterstones booksellers"Excellently done." Chris, Netgalley"These sisters are absolutely going to keep arguing in my head for a while." Amazon reader"Immersive." Claire, Netgalley
Produktinformation
  • Utgivningsdatum: 2026-10-08
  • Mått: 135 x 210 x 35 mm
  • Vikt: 476 g
  • Format: Inbunden
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 304
  • Förlag: Europa Editions (UK) Ltd
  • ISBN: 9781787706637
  • Översättare: Stephen Epstein, Tiffany Tsao
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Intan Paramaditha is an Indonesian author and a Harvard Radcliffe Fellow. Her story collection Apple and Knife is part of the Vintage Classics Weird Girls series, and her novel The Wandering was longlisted for the Stella Prize and received the English PEN Translates Award. She holds a Ph.D. from New York University and teaches at Macquarie University, Sydney. She is co-founder of the feminist collective Sekolah Pemikiran Perempuan.Stephen Epstein is the Director of the Asian Studies Institute at the Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. He translated Intan Paramaditha’s Apple and Knife.Tiffany Tsao is a writer and literary translator. She is the author of the novel The Majesties, and the Oddfits fantasy trilogy. Her translation of Erikson Pasaribu’s Happy Stories, Mostly was longlisted for the International Booker Prize and awarded the Republic of Consciousness Prize 2022.

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"A buoyant, boisterous and often brutal novel that deserves the acclaim... It’s a measure of Paramaditha’s writing that, despite the horrors in the book, the overall feeling is of exuberance, of energy and of life."

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