Arifa Akbar

Gebundenes Buch

Consumed

A Sister's Story - SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARD 2021

Beschreibung

A moving memoir about TB, grief, sisterhood, poverty and the reservoir of blame, guilt and unreliable memories from a troubled childhood in Lahore and London.

Autor

Arifa Akbar is chief theatre critic for the Guardian. She has previously been literary editor at the Independent, as well as a news reporter and arts correspondent. She has served as a trustee on the boards of the Orwell Foundation and English PEN. She is currently a fellow of the London Centre for the Humanities. Her first book, Consumed: In Search of my Sister, was shortlisted for the Costa Book Awards, PEN Ackerley Prize and Jhalak Prize, and it was longlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize. Wolf Moon is her second book.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Hodder & Stoughton / Sceptre
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 786366
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Juni 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 146mm x 225mm x 29mm
• Gewicht: 396g
• ISBN-13: 9781529347524
• ISBN-10: 1529347521
• Artikelnr.: 60929341

Rezensionen

Beguiling . . . The story and the writing have an unusual mystery about them, with striking imagery and a relatable insight into the darknesses and half-truths of family life . . . this one stands out for its eccentricity and elegiac splendour. Diana Evans, Guardian Summer Books