Souvankham Thammavongsa How to Pronounce Knife (Paperback) (UK IMPORT)

Description: Further DetailsTitle: How to Pronounce KnifeCondition: NewEAN: 9781526610454ISBN: 9781526610454Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 03/18/2021Item Height: 198mmItem Length: 129mmItem Weight: 142gAuthor: Souvankham ThammavongsaLanguage: EnglishSubtitle: Winner of the 2020 Scotiabank Giller PrizeISBN-10: 1526610450Description: WINNER OF THE SCOTIABANK GILLER PRIZE‘Spellbinding’ i‘Breathtaking’ Elle‘Powerhouses of feeling and depth’ Mary Gaitskill‘Sharp and vital’ Daisy Johnson'Excellent' Margaret Atwood on TwitterAn ex-boxer turned nail salon worker falls for a pair of immaculate hands; a mother and daughter harvest earthworms in the middle of the night; a country music-obsessed housewife abandons her family for fantasy; and a young girl's love for her father transcends language. In this stunning debut, Souvankham Thammavongsa captures the day-to-day lives of immigrants and refugees in a nameless city, illuminating hopes, disappointments, love affairs, and above all, the pursuit of a place to belong.'There is not a moment off in these affecting stories' Sheila HetiCountry/Region of Manufacture: GBGenre: Society & CultureTopic: Social Sciences, FictionRelease Year: 2021 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.

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