{"product_id":"others-1","title":"Others","description":"\u003cp\u003eSecrets, lies and love as the DDR collapses. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is 1989, and in a small Baltic city in East Germany, the Deutsche Demokratische Republik, three young people from vastly different backgrounds become friends. Armando is a factory worker from Mozambique, Lolita is a medical student from India, and Theo is an East Berliner who dreams of being a writer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Armando and Lolita make a grisly discovery, they find themselves caught up in the politics of Theo's homeland more than ever before. While a quiet revolution sweeps through Eastern Europe, and the Berlin Wall teeters, the three find themselves entangled in a poignant love triangle which threatens their futures.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the world order shifts, their three lives are bound together in a web of love, lies and fears, leaving each irrevocably changed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePraise for Sheena Kalayil: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"An expert novel, The Others is superbly organized, with a steady, tense air of suspense, fine and persuasive emotion, and, above all, truly rich characters alive in a real history. The last pages produced in me a gasp of amazement.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Jonathan Lethem, Author of 'Motherless Brooklyn', National Book Critics Circle Award winner \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Kalayil's deft prose is both precise and lyrical, vividly conjuring place, time and characters in flux.'\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Joanna Nadin, Sunday Times no 1. bestselling author and Professor of Creative Writing, University of Bristol\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'I found it hard to put Sheena Kalayil's fourth novel down, so powerful is the untold story it tells. Yes, The Others is a love story, but it's also magnificently more; I loved the delicate intertwining themes of identity and displacement; setting and historical and political context are incredibly skilfully deployed; but there is also a rare and precious breadth of imagination in the novel. The writing is beautifully confident and flowing, and the characters and their journeys made me cry!'\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Emma Henderson, Author of 'The Valentine House'\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sheena Kalayil","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47476138672364,"sku":"9781915789389","price":18.12,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0684\/1791\/3068\/files\/9781915789389.jpg?v=1775487900","url":"https:\/\/intl.allstora.com\/products\/others-1","provider":"Allstora","version":"1.0","type":"link"}