Wandering Souls
An extraordinary and heartbreaking debut novel about the bonds that connect people even when separated by seas or death itself.
There are the goodbyes and then the fishing out of the bodies – everything in between is speculation.
One night, not long after the last American troops leave Vietnam, siblings Anh, Thanh and Minh flee their village and embark on a perilous boat journey to Hong Kong. Their parents and four younger siblings make the crossing in another vessel but as weeks go by it becomes clear that only one party has survived the voyage.
Anh, Thanh and Minh suddenly find themselves alone in the world, without family or home. They travel on, navigating refugee camps and resettlement centres until, by a twist of fate, they arrive in Thatcher’s Britain. Here they must somehow build new lives with only each other to turn to, but will that be enough in a place that doesn’t seem to want them?
In this piercing debut, the siblings’ faltering journey is deftly interwoven with the voice of their lost younger brother, Dao, following them from a place between the living and the dead, and the records of an unknown researcher intent on gathering the strands of their story. Wandering Souls paints a heart-wrenching portrait of a family in crisis while exploring the healing power of stories.
A highly anticipated book of 2023 in Vogue, AnOther Magazine, i-D, Independent, Evening Standard and Huffington Post
Review
‘Powerful … a bold debut that breaks new ground’ Sunday Times
‘A deeply humane and genre-defying work of love and uncompromising hope through a long-overdue portrayal of Vietnamese life in the UK’ Ocean Vuong, author of On Earth, We're Briefly Gorgeous
‘A heartbreaking novel … a deeply affecting reckoning with history’ i-D Magazine
‘A poignant saga with its grieving, beating heart firmly in the right place, and heralds the arrival of an ambitious and promising new talent’ Guardian
‘A powerful story of courage, love and unwavering hope’Marie Claire
‘Something special – a polyvocal novel, an essay on inherited trauma and a quiet metafiction about telling stories we don’t own … fascinating’ New York Times
‘Meticulously researched and beautifully imagined … a deeply affecting debut’ Tash Aw, author of We, the Survivors
‘Pin’s story is as relevant now as it ever was. You won’t get through this without your heart breaking’ AnOther
‘Clear-hearted and moving … tells one of the most important stories of our times’ Lucy Caldwell, author of These Days
‘Pin writes about the Vietnamese diaspora in the UK – its past and its present – with love and care. I cried’ Yara Rodrigues Fowler, author of there are more things
‘A searing, sweeping and intimate story of such heart and scope’ Rachel Long, author of My Darling from the Lions
‘Historical epic Wandering Souls … [offers] a very different take on the immigrant experience’ Vogue
About the Author
Cecile Pin grew up in Paris and New York City and now lives in London. She writes for Bad Form Review, was longlisted for its Young Writer’s prize and is a London Writers Awards 2021 winner.
Podrobnosti
| Autor |
Cecile Pin |
|---|---|
| Vydavatel |
4th Estate |
| Jazyk | anglicky |
| Vazba | měkká |
| Počet stran | 256 |
| Formát | 13,5 × 21,6 cm |
| EAN | 9780008528782 |
| Rok vydání | 2023 |
| Edice |
Dobrodružné, válečné, historické romány Současná beletrie |
Autor
Cecile Pin
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