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A fun and fearless anthology of feminist tales, by sixteen bestselling, award-winning writers. 'Wonderful . . . all killer, no filler' Red Magazine 'Dazzling stories, as inventive as they are inspiring' Daily Mirror 'Where...

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_______________ WINNER OF THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION WINNER OF THE LONDON HELLENIC PRIZE A BOOK OF THE YEAR IN THE GUARDIAN, OBSERVER, TELEGRAPH, NEW STATESMAN, EVENING STANDAND AND NEW YORK TIMES _______________ The book for our times - J...

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A profound novel about friendship. I loved it to pieces MADELINE MILLER ** SHORTLISTED FOR THE INDIE BOOK AWARDS 2023 ** PICKED AS ONE OF THE SUNDAY TIMES' BEST PAPERBACKS OF 2023** CHOSEN AS A BOOK TO LOOK OUT FOR BY THE GUARDIAN, BBC, OBSER...

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_______________ 'A richly woven novel The voice that guides us around this world darts with wit and lightness in a way that is unique and often lovely' - Rana Dasgupta, Guardian 'The plot gallops along, ensuring a gripping read thou...

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A wide-ranging collection of reflective essays, to mark the centenary of the conflict that changed the world. In this collection of essays, ten leading writers from different countries consider the conflicts that have informed their own literary l...

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"Om du vill läsa en bok i år som sätter den gängse historieskrivningen om väst som de goda och muslimerna som de onda i gungning så läs den här." Naila Saleem, Kulturnytt, SR Nagasaki, den 9 augusti 1945. Livet förändras för alltid för d...

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CHOSEN AS A BOOK OF 2022 BY THE GUARDIAN, OBSERVER, DAILY MAIL AND FINANCIAL TIMES Karachi, 1988. Pakistan is on the brink of seismic change. But for Maryam and Zahra, heading back to high school, there is a reassuring continuity. Despite their ve...

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Raheen and her best friend, Karim, share an idyllic childhood in upper-class Karachi. Their parents were even once engaged to each others' partners until they rematched in what they call "the fiancee swap." But as adolescence distances t...

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Fourteen years ago, famous Pakistani activist Samina Akram disappeared. Two years earlier, her lover, Pakistan's greatest poet, was beaten to death by government thugs. In present-day Karachi, her daughter Aasmaani has just discovered a letter in ...

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Sweeping in scope and mesmerizing in its evocation of time and place, "Burnt Shadows" is an epic narrative of disasters eluded and confronted, loyalties offered and repaid, and loves rewarded and betrayed.

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BY ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL INDIAN WRITERS OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY'There is so much to love and admire in these stories - their understanding of heartbreak, their attention to affection and love across many divides' KAMILA SHAMSIE'Hosain's gre...

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BY ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL INDIAN WRITERS OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY'The deftness with which Attia Hosain handles the interplay of manners, class, culture and different forms of female power is gorgeously done . . .' KAMILA SHAMSIE'An extraordin...

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'Wonderful . . . all killer, no filler' Red Magazine 'Dazzling stories, as inventive as they are inspiring' Daily Mirror 'Where power and feminist rage meet' Stylist ______________________________ A fun and fearless a...

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"A profound novel about friendship. I loved it to pieces." --Madeline Miller "A shining tour de force about a long friendship's respects, disrespects, loyalties and moralities." -- Ali Smith From the acclaimed author of Home Fi...

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"Ingenious… Builds to one of the most memorable final scenes I've read in a novel this century." -The New York Times WINNER OF THE 2018 WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION FINALIST FOR THE 2019 INTERNATIONAL DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD LONGLISTED...

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_______________ ''A formidable arching tale about loss and foreignness'' - Financial Times ''Powerful, epic yet skilfully controlled ? Shamsie''s voice is clear and compelling, with a welcome sparseness'' - Guardian ''Completely authentic, complex...

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_______________'A richly woven novel The voice that guides us around this world darts with wit and lightness in a way that is unique and often lovely' - Rana Dasgupta, Guardian'The plot gallops along, ensuring a gripping read thought-provoking' - ...

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_______________'Full of fun, longing and wit a debut of spirit and imagination, loaded with intelligent charm' - Ali Smith'A touching and engrossing story an assured debut' - The Times'A colourful and peripatetic view of politics in Pakistan an in...

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_______________'A boisterous tribute to her home town that crackles with the chaos of Pakistani political life' - The Times'Deftly woven and provocative ... Shamsie's blistering humour and ear for dialogue scorches through their whirl of whisky an...

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_______________'Beautifully written in cunning, punning, glancing prose' - Independent'A whirlwind Owes plenty to Salman Rushdie and some to Hollywood Exuberant, knowingly exotic and deceptively serious' - Guardian'Kamila Shamsie has created a ric...

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BY THE WINNER OF THE WOMEN''S PRIZE FOR FICTION _______________ ''I can''t recommend A God in Every Stone by Kamila Shamsie too strongly ... Exciting and, in the end, profoundly moving, this will solace you during the grimmest holiday'' - Antonia ...

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_______________ WINNER OF THE WOMEN''S PRIZE FOR FICTION WINNER OF THE LONDON HELLENIC PRIZE A BOOK OF THE YEAR IN THE GUARDIAN, OBSERVER, TELEGRAPH, NEW STATESMAN, EVENING STANDAND AND NEW YORK TIMES _______________ ''The book for our times'' - J...

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With an introduction by Kamila Shamsie Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows. GEORGE ORWELL is one of the world s most famous writers and social commentators. Through his writing he exposed...

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Kamila Shamsie retells 'The Ugly Duckling'. A Fairy Tale Revolution is here to remix and revive our favourite stories. 'A duck unlike other ducks. A raincloud-duck, with the heart of a lion, who struck out into the world on her own...'On the farm,...

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BY THE WINNER OF THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION _______________ 'I cant recommend A God in Every Stone by Kamila Shamsie too strongly ... Exciting and, in the end, profoundly moving, this will solace you during the grimmest holiday' ...

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_______________ 'Beautifully written in cunning, punning, glancing prose' - Independent 'A whirlwind Owes plenty to Salman Rushdie and some to Hollywood Exuberant, knowingly exotic and deceptively serious' - Guardian 'Kami...

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_______________ 'A boisterous tribute to her home town that crackles with the chaos of Pakistani political life' - The Times 'Deftly woven and provocative ... Shamsie's blistering humour and ear for dialogue scorches through th...

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_______________ 'A formidable arching tale about loss and foreignness' - Financial Times 'Powerful, epic yet skilfully controlled Shamsie's voice is clear and compelling, with a welcome sparseness' - Guardian 'Complet...

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_______________ 'Full of fun, longing and wit a debut of spirit and imagination, loaded with intelligent charm' - Ali Smith 'A touching and engrossing story an assured debut' - The Times 'A colourful and peripatetic view o...

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** SHORTLISTED FOR THE INDIE BOOK AWARDS 2023 ** CHOSEN AS A BEST BOOK OF 2022 BY THE GUARDIAN, OBSERVER, DAILY MAIL, FINANCIAL TIMES AND IRISH TIMES ** A profound novel about friendship. I loved it to pieces - Madeline Miller 'A shining tour...

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