Five books we can’t wait to read this February
Five books we can’t wait to read this February
04 February 2020
The Wandering
Intan Paramaditha, Stephen J Epstein (Translator)
Harvill Secker
The most ingenious, unique novel you will read all year, The Wandering asks its reader to decide their fate by choosing their own story as they travel the world.
The Wandering is a novel about the highs and lows of global nomadism, the politics and privileges of travel and desire, and the freedoms and limitations of the choices we make, by one of Asia’s most exciting writers. It’s a reminder that borders are real, and a playful experiment that turns the traditional adventure story on its head.
PUBLICATION DATE: 13 February 2020
Read more about the novel and pre-order here
AUTHOR EVENT: Intan Paramaditha will be discussing her debut novel The Wandering in London on 31 March. Find out more and book your tickets here.
Amnesty
Aravind Adiga
Picador
A Guardian, Financial Times, The Millions, Vulture, and Buzzfeed’s Most Anticipated of 2020
From the bestselling, Man Booker Prize-winning author of The White Tiger and Selection Day, Aravind Adiga, comes the story of an undocumented immigrant who becomes the only witness to a crime and must face an impossible moral dilemma.
Suspenseful, propulsive, and full of Aravind Adiga’s signature wit and magic, Amnesty is both a timeless moral struggle and a universal story with particular urgency today.
PUBLICATION DATE: 20 February 2020
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Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982
Cho Nam-Joo
Scribner UK
A Guardian ‘One To Look Out For 2020’
A RED Magazine ‘Can’t Wait To Read’ Book of 2020
Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 is the South Korean sensation that has got the whole world talking. The life story of one young woman born at the end of the twentieth century raises questions about endemic misogyny and institutional oppression that are relevant to us all.
Riveting, original and uncompromising, this is the most important book to have emerged from South Korea since Han Kang’s The Vegetarian.
PUBLICATION DATE: 20 February 2020
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The Family Tree
Sairish Hussain
HQ
“Hussain evokes the trials and tribulations of life in an Asian family growing up in a changing and sometimes hostile Britain with a surefooted ease and a keen sense of dramatic tension. An engaging debut.” – Vaseem Khan, author of the Baby Ganesh Detective Agency series
Timely and profoundly important, The Family Tree is an unflinching debut novel which explores how global events trickle down into communities, and how a single action can change the lives of everyone we love irrevocably and painfully.
A moving story of a British Muslim family full of love, laughter and resilience as well as all the faults, mistakes and stubborn loyalties which make us human.
PUBLICATION DATE: 20 February 2020
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The Dalai Lama
Alexander Norman
Rider Hardback
“Anyone interested in the Dalai Lama’s spiritual influence will enjoy this insider biography.” – Publisher’s Weekly
The first biography of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, from the person with unprecedented access to him.
For all the Dalai Lama’s worldwide fame as spiritual and temporal leader, he has always remained personally elusive. This biography – the first – delivers a unique, revelatory, controversial life story.
PUBLICATION DATE: 27 February 2020
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