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<p><b>Shortlisted for the Booker Prize 2023<br>Longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2024<br>Longlisted f...
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<p><b>Shortlisted for the Booker Prize 2023<br>Longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2024<br>Longlisted for the William Hill Award 2023<br>A BBC Arts & The Reading Agency's Big Sporting Read selection<br><br>Selected by Dua Lipa as one of Service95's 'Books of the Year'<br><br>'A beautiful and evocative novel about grief, about growing up, about losing and winning.
The people and places in this book will stay with me for a long time.' – Sally Rooney, author of <i>Normal People</i><br><br>A deeply moving novel about grief, sisterhood and a teenage girl's struggle to transcend herself.</b><br><br>Eleven-year-old Gopi has been playing squash since she was old enough to hold a racket.
When her mother dies, her father enlists her in a quietly brutal training regimen, and the game becomes her world. Slowly, she grows apart from her sisters. Her life is reduced to the sport, guided by its rhythms: the serve, the volley, the drive, the shot and its echo.<br><br>But on the court, she is not alone.
She is with her pa. She is with Ged, a thirteen-year-old boy with his own formidable talent. She is with the players who have come before her. She is in awe.<br><br><b>An unforgettable coming-of-age story, Chetna Maroo’s <i>Western Lane</i> is an exploration of the closeness of sisterhood, the immigrant experience, and the collective overcoming of grief.<br><br>A 'Book of the Year' in <i>The Economist</i>, <i>The Independent</i>, <i>The Week</i>, <i>The</i> <i>New York Times</i> and <i>The Guardian</i></b><br><br><b>'With this gorgeous debut, Maroo blows most of the competition off the court.' – <i>The Times</i><br><br>'Stunning .
. . Spare, tender, brilliantly achieved . . . A novel that unfolds in silences . . . and dares to leave much unsaid.' – <i>The Guardian</i></b></p>
The people and places in this book will stay with me for a long time.' – Sally Rooney, author of <i>Normal People</i><br><br>A deeply moving novel about grief, sisterhood and a teenage girl's struggle to transcend herself.</b><br><br>Eleven-year-old Gopi has been playing squash since she was old enough to hold a racket.
When her mother dies, her father enlists her in a quietly brutal training regimen, and the game becomes her world. Slowly, she grows apart from her sisters. Her life is reduced to the sport, guided by its rhythms: the serve, the volley, the drive, the shot and its echo.<br><br>But on the court, she is not alone.
She is with her pa. She is with Ged, a thirteen-year-old boy with his own formidable talent. She is with the players who have come before her. She is in awe.<br><br><b>An unforgettable coming-of-age story, Chetna Maroo’s <i>Western Lane</i> is an exploration of the closeness of sisterhood, the immigrant experience, and the collective overcoming of grief.<br><br>A 'Book of the Year' in <i>The Economist</i>, <i>The Independent</i>, <i>The Week</i>, <i>The</i> <i>New York Times</i> and <i>The Guardian</i></b><br><br><b>'With this gorgeous debut, Maroo blows most of the competition off the court.' – <i>The Times</i><br><br>'Stunning .
. . Spare, tender, brilliantly achieved . . . A novel that unfolds in silences . . . and dares to leave much unsaid.' – <i>The Guardian</i></b></p>
Format | Häftad |
Omfång | 176 sidor |
Språk | Engelska |
Förlag | Pan Macmillan |
Utgivningsdatum | 2024-02-29 |
ISBN | 9781529094640 |
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- Pocket, 176, Engelska, Pan Books Ltd, 2024-02-29, 9781529094640
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Specifikation
Böcker
- Format Pocket
- Antal sidor 176
- Språk Engelska
- Förlag Pan Books Ltd
- Utgivningsdatum 2024-02-29
- ISBN 9781529094640