The Memory of Love
"[A] luminous tale of passion and betrayal" set in the post-colonial and civil war eras of Sierra Leone (The New York Times). Winner of the Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best Book As a decade of civil war and... See More
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"[A] luminous tale of passion and betrayal" set in the post-colonial and civil war eras of Sierra Leone (The New York Times). Winner of the Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best Book As a decade of civil war and... See More
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"Not since Remains of the Day has an author so skillfully revealed the way history's layers are often invisible to all but its participants... Gorgeous." -- John Freeman, Boston Globe on The Hired Man London. A fox makes... See More
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"[An] elegantly written mix of complex history, riveting memoir and damning exposé," from this award-winning Sierra Leonean author (Publishers Weekly). As a child, Aminatta Forna was witness to the political upheaval and... See More
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An award-winning Scottish and Sierra Leonean novelist "brilliantly portrays the atmosphere" of Croatia in this haunting tale of war, history, and secrets (The Guardian). Visitors are not common in the small Croatian... See More
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From the award-winning author: A "wonderfully ambitious" novel of West Africa, told through the struggles and dreams of four extraordinary women (The Guardian). When a cousin offers Abie her family's plantation in the... See More
The BBC National Short story Award is one of the world's largest awards for a single short story. All five shortlisted stories, including the winner, are published here side by side. The Award is designed to honour Britain's... See More
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Set in the streets of Mexico City: the story of a boy, a runaway angel and a stray dog. Malaika is an angel. Well, he's an angel-in-training to be exact. The only trouble is that jobs for angels are growing scarce, so the... See More