Back to home page - News From Nowhere Radical & Community Bookshop

News From Nowhere Radical & Community Bookshop

not-for-profit - a workers'co-op - committed to social justice | 96 Bold Street, Liverpool L1 4HY - 0151 708 7270

China Room

by Sunjeev Sahota - £9.99  Vintage Publishing (2022)
paperback    ISBN 13: 9781784706364 | ISBN 10: 1784706361

A story of forbidden love that echoes across generations - from the prize-winning author of The Year of the Runaways.
 
'A gorgeous, gripping read' Kamila Shamsie
'A multi-generational masterpiece' Daily Mail
 
* A Book of the Year for The Times, Guardian and Daily Telegraph *
 
Mehar, a young bride in rural Punjab, is trying to discover the identity of her new husband. It is 1929, and she and her sisters-in-law - married to three brothers in a single ceremony - spend their days hard at work on the family farm, sequestered from contact with the men. When Mehar develops a theory as to which of them is hers, a passion is ignited that will put more than one life at risk.
 
Spiralling around Mehar's story is that of a young man who in 1999 flees from England to the deserted sun-scorched farm. Can a summer spent learning of love and of his family's past give him the strength for the journey home?
 
***** 'I didn't want it to end'
***** 'What. A. Book.'
***** 'Beautifully crafted...a story as old as time'
***** 'A novel of thwarted loves'
 
Shortlisted for the 2022 Rathbones Folio Prize
Longlisted for the 2021 Booker Prize
Longlisted for the 2022 Walter Scott Prize
Longlisted for the 2021 Ondaatje Prize
 
'Amazing storytelling...gripping and very moving' BBC Radio 4, Open Book
'I'm blown away by it' Tessa Hadley
'The stuff of miracles' Bryan Washington
'Moving...fresh and nourishing' The Times

(Price & availability last checked: August 2022)

This website can't tell you if we have this book in the shop or not - to ask, phone us or use the enquiry link below. (We can order most books within 7-10 days, subject to availability.)
  


In booklists: Writers by Surname - S, World Fiction - India, World Fiction - Asia, Historical Fiction,
In categories: Fiction, World - Asia, History & Biography,

© News From Nowhere Co-operative Ltd IP24524R 2004-2024 | Privacy policy | Contact | return to top of page