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<p><b>''Forna’s voice is relentlessly compelling, her ability to summon atmosphere extraordinary ... A thing of lasting beauty'' </b><i>OBSERVER</i><br><br><b>SHORTLISTED FOR THE RSL ONDAATJE PRIZE 2019</b><br><b>SHORTLISTED FOR THE JHALAK PRIZE 2019</b><br><u><b><br>A breathtaking novel from Orange Prize-shortlisted and Commonwealth Writers’ Prize-winning author Aminatta Forna</b><br></u><br>Waterloo Bridge, London. Two strangers collide. Attila, a Ghanaian psychiatrist, and Jean, an American studying the habits of urban foxes. From this chance encounter in the midst of the rush of a great city, numerous moments of connections span out and interweave, bringing disparate lives together.<br><br>Attila has arrived in London with two tasks: to deliver a keynote speech on trauma and to check up on the daughter of friends, his ‘niece’, Ama, who hasn’t called home in a while. It soon emerges that she has been swept up in an immigration crackdown – and now her young son Tano is missing.<br><br>When, by chance, Attila bumps into Jean again, she joins him in his search for Tano, mobilizing into action the network she has built up, mainly from the many West African immigrants working London’s myriad streets, of volunteer fox-spotters: security guards, hotel doormen, traffic wardens. All unite to help and as the search continues, a deepening friendship between Attila and Jean unfolds.<br><br>In this delicate yet powerful novel of loves lost and new, of past griefs and of the hidden side of a teeming metropolis, Aminatta Forna asks us to consider the values of the society we live in, our co-existence with one another and all living creatures – and the true nature of happiness.<br><b>_____________________</b><br><b>''Entering Forna’s sweeping universe transports you to a place that feels familiar, but also totally feral and full of surprises'' </b><i>FINANCIAL TIMES</i><br><br><b><i>''Happiness </i>is a great pleasure to read because of how much life is packed in by Forna ... [it features] the most appealing protagonist I have encountered in a long while'' </b><i>THE TIMES</i><br><br><b>''The best writer of fiction in this field'' </b><i>EVENING STANDARD</i></p>
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| Author | Aminatta Forna |
|---|---|
| Item Height | 2.2 |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Paperbacks |
| Item Width | 19.7 |
| ISBN-13 | 9782080206947 |
| Item Height | 1.8 |
| Author | Sekulic, Olga Et Al |
| Item Length | 12.9 |
| Publisher | Thames & Hudson |
| Item Length | 15 |
| ISBN-13 | 9781408893289 |
| Item Width | 21.5 |
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Happiness
£16.54
£16.54/each
Description
<p><b>''Forna’s voice is relentlessly compelling, her ability to summon atmosphere extraordinary ... A thing of lasting beauty'' </b><i>OBSERVER</i><br><br><b>SHORTLISTED FOR THE RSL ONDAATJE PRIZE 2019</b><br><b>SHORTLISTED FOR THE JHALAK PRIZE 2019</b><br><u><b><br>A breathtaking novel from Orange Prize-shortlisted and Commonwealth Writers’ Prize-winning author Aminatta Forna</b><br></u><br>Waterloo Bridge, London. Two strangers collide. Attila, a Ghanaian psychiatrist, and Jean, an American studying the habits of urban foxes. From this chance encounter in the midst of the rush of a great city, numerous moments of connections span out and interweave, bringing disparate lives together.<br><br>Attila has arrived in London with two tasks: to deliver a keynote speech on trauma and to check up on the daughter of friends, his ‘niece’, Ama, who hasn’t called home in a while. It soon emerges that she has been swept up in an immigration crackdown – and now her young son Tano is missing.<br><br>When, by chance, Attila bumps into Jean again, she joins him in his search for Tano, mobilizing into action the network she has built up, mainly from the many West African immigrants working London’s myriad streets, of volunteer fox-spotters: security guards, hotel doormen, traffic wardens. All unite to help and as the search continues, a deepening friendship between Attila and Jean unfolds.<br><br>In this delicate yet powerful novel of loves lost and new, of past griefs and of the hidden side of a teeming metropolis, Aminatta Forna asks us to consider the values of the society we live in, our co-existence with one another and all living creatures – and the true nature of happiness.<br><b>_____________________</b><br><b>''Entering Forna’s sweeping universe transports you to a place that feels familiar, but also totally feral and full of surprises'' </b><i>FINANCIAL TIMES</i><br><br><b><i>''Happiness </i>is a great pleasure to read because of how much life is packed in by Forna ... [it features] the most appealing protagonist I have encountered in a long while'' </b><i>THE TIMES</i><br><br><b>''The best writer of fiction in this field'' </b><i>EVENING STANDARD</i></p>
Sold by Speedyhen (Speedy Hen LTD)
| Author | Aminatta Forna |
|---|---|
| Item Height | 2.2 |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Paperbacks |
| Item Width | 19.7 |
| ISBN-13 | 9782080206947 |
| Item Height | 1.8 |
| Author | Sekulic, Olga Et Al |
| Item Length | 12.9 |
| Publisher | Thames & Hudson |
| Item Length | 15 |
| ISBN-13 | 9781408893289 |
| Item Width | 21.5 |
Delivery
- FREE standard courier delivery by Mon 6 Oct
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