Ingrid Persaud

This is the tale of four women. Popo: brilliant, vulnerable and stuck. She's determined to free herself from the traps of her past. Mana Lala: a devoted mother - her only connection to her man is their little boy, and she will do anything to keep them close. For Doris, well he's glorious and once she's licked him into shape, her husband presents an opportunity to climb the social ladder. She's heard the awful stories, but she's sure they won't be hers. Rosie just wants to mind her business, her lover, Etty, and her store. Four lives, connected and controlled by one man: the notorious, charismatic gangster Boysie Singh. Pull up a chair and let these women tell of the man they believed could love, help or free them, and how some of them survived to tell a tale at all.

FROM THE WINNER OF THE INDIE BOOK AWARD FOR FICTION 2021'With Ingrid Persaud's, assured, wizened and brilliant hand at the pen, these women become vitally, thrillingly, and unforgettably alive.' MARLON JAMES'A voice that has a vibrancy of its own.' RACHEL JOYCE'A talented and engaging storyteller.' Sunday Times'Persaud has a knack for finding the sublime in the ordinary.' SARA COLLINS, GuardianFrom the award-winning author of Love After Love, comes an epic of wonder, danger and risk. This is the tale of four women. Popo: brilliant, vulnerable and stuck. She's determined to free herself from the traps of her past. Mana Lala: a devoted mother - her only connection to her man is their little boy, and she will do anything to keep them both close. For Doris, well, he's glorious and once she's licked him into shape, her husband presents an opportunity to climb the social ladder. She's heard the awful stories, but she's sure they won't be hers. Rosie just wants to mind her business, her lover, Etty, and her store. Four lives, connected and controlled by one man: the notorious, charismatic gangster Boysie Singh. Pull up a chair and let these women tell of the man they believed could love, help or free them, and how some of them survived to tell a tale at all. PRAISE FOR LOVE AFTER LOVE'A beautiful book. I adored it.' RICHARD OSMAN'Full of wit and soul.' TRACY CHEVALIER'It made me ugly cry.' JESSIE BURTON'Glorious' RACHEL JOYCE

Forenet af ensomhed, ødelagt af hemmeligheder, reddet af kærligheden. Efter kærligheden foregår på Trinidad og er en familieroman om ubrydelig kærlighed og komplicerede relationer. Den ukuelige Betty er enlig mor til Solo. Hendes voldelige ægtemand er død. Midlerne er små, så de får en logerende, den charmerende Mr. Chetan. De tre indgår i deres egen familiekonstellation og skaber for en stund et hjem fuld af kærlighed og omsorg. Indtil en aften, hvor idyllen smadres, og en frygtelig hemmelighed afsløres. EFTER KÆRLIGHEDEN er til dem, der elsker romaner om komplicerede familierelationer, hvor kernen på trods af udfordringer, sorg og tab altid er kærlighed. Bogen er oversat af Claus Bech

Betty Ramdin er et fyrverkeri av en dame, og hjertet hennes banker både for den sjenerte sønnen Solo og leieboeren, den vidunderlige Mr. Chetan. Sine ulikheter til tross, de tre elsker å leve sammen, og sammen utgjør de en ukonvensjonell familie. Men helt fra Solo var liten, har Betty skjult en hemmelighet for ham, og da den en dag blir kjent, trues forholdet dem imellom. Solo forsvinner for å finne sin egen vei i livet. Vil han komme tilbake, og vil han evne å tilgi moren sin? All slags kjærlighet er trinidadiske Ingrid Persauds debutroman og er en varm og sanselig fortelling fra Trinidad, der alle former for kjærlighet utforskes: den som er mellom to elskende eller mellom forelder og barn. Den som kanskje bare varer en natt eller som ender i smerte. Den som knyttes til hjemstedet eller til maten som lages og spises i fellesskap. Og, ikke minst, den kjærligheten en har til seg selv, hvis en bare kjenner etter. «Persaud har en egen evne til å finne det sublime i det ordinære.» The Guardian «Du kan lukte krydderduften og higer etter å gå i gang på kjøkkenet, om det bare hadde vært mulig å legge fra seg denne fengslende boka … En overbevisende roman som, på tross av all den brutaliteten den beskriver, omfavner leseren med gledesfryd.» Telegraph«En perle.» Good Housekeeping «Ingrid Persauds debutroman er gjennomsyret av ensomhet, men handler også om lengselen etter kjærlighet, om livets feiltrinn og tragedier så vel som lysten for mat og kropp, ikke minst gleden over relasjoner mennesker imellom.» Irish Times «Hjerteskjærende, men håpefull.» The Mail on Sunday «Ingrid Persaud er en talentfull og engasjerende historieforteller.» Sunday Times «Fengslende.» I «All slags kjærlighet er varm og klok. Ømt åpner den leserens hjerte til den rotete mangefasetterte kjærligheten mellom mennesker.» The Strait Times «Nydelig skrevet … Persaud er en prisvinnende novelleforfatter, men beviser med denne eksemplariske debuten sine evner som romanforfatter.» Booklist, starred review «En glødende, mørk fortelling som glitrer med håp.» Express and Star «Familien … står i sentrum av denne oppmuntrende, sjenerøse romanen. Alle slags kjærlighet tilbyr både et vindu inn til karibisk litteratur og et videre perspektiv på immigrasjon, rase og seksualitet. Men mest av alt er dette en fantastisk historie – morsom, øm og sann.» Entertainment Weekly «Persaud fanger karakterenes individuelle stemmer, kjærlighetsaffærene og fremmedgjortheten dem imellom i en vinnende blanding av trinidadisk målføre og røff poesi.» Daily Mail

"A stellar debut . . . about an unconventional family, fear, hatred, violence, chasing love, losing it and finding it again just when we need it most."--The New York Times Book Review WINNER OF THE COSTA BOOK AWARD - "A wonder . . . This book] teems with real, Trinidadian life."--Claire Adam, award-winning author of Golden Child SEMI-FINALIST FOR THE OCM BOCAS PRIZE - One of the Best Books of the Summer: Time - The Guardian - Goop - Women's Day - LitHub After Betty Ramdin's husband dies, she invites a colleague, Mr. Chetan, to move in with her and her son, Solo. Over time, the three become a family, loving each other deeply and depending upon one another. Then, one fateful night, Solo overhears Betty confiding in Mr. Chetan and learns a secret that plunges him into torment. Solo flees Trinidad for New York to carve out a lonely existence as an undocumented immigrant, and Mr. Chetan remains the singular thread holding mother and son together. But soon, Mr. Chetan's own burdensome secret is revealed, with heartbreaking consequences. Love After Love interrogates love and family in all its myriad meanings and forms, asking how we might exchange an illusory love for one that is truly fulfilling. In vibrant, addictive Trinidadian prose, Love After Love questions who and how we love, the obligations of family, and the consequences of choices made in desperation. Praise for Love After Love "Love After Love is gift after gift. An unforgettable symphony of love and loss, heartache and guilt, and the secrets and lies that pull us together, and tear us apart. Dazzlingly told in the most electrifying prose you will read all year."--Marlon James, Booker Prize-winning author of Black Leopard, Red Wolf "This book teems with real, Trinidadian life: neighbors so nosy they know your business before it happens; descriptions of food that'll have you googling recipes; feting and liming and plenty of sex. There's darkness here, too--violence, loneliness, moments of despair--and how Ingrid Persaud weaves all these elements together in one book, with so much warmth and humor and love for her characters, is a wonder."--Claire Adam, award-winning author of Golden Child

*WINNER OF THE COSTA FIRST NOVEL AWARD 2020**LONGLISTED FOR THE OCM BOCAS PRIZE*AS SEEN ON BBC'S BETWEEN THE COVERSONE OF STYLIST'S BEST NEW BOOKS FOR 2020'A beautiful book. I adored it.' RICHARD OSMAN'Full of wit and soul.' TRACY CHEVALIER'Unforgettable' MARLON JAMES'It made me ugly cry' JESSIE BURTON'Glorious' RACHEL JOYCE'Spellbinding' ANDRE ACIMANMeet the Ramdin-Chetan family: forged through loneliness, broken by secrets, saved by love. Irrepressible Betty Ramdin, her shy son Solo and their marvellous lodger, Mr Chetan, form an unconventional household. Happy in their differences, they build a home together. Home: the place keeping these three safe from an increasingly dangerous world - until the night when a glass of rum, a heart to heart and a terrible truth explodes the family unit, driving them apart. Brave and brilliant, steeped in affection, Love After Love offers hope to anyone who has loved and lost and has yet to find their way back.

Featuring the winning story by Ingrid Persaud, alongside the other four shortlisted stories. Hung-over and grief-stricken, a man contemplated suicide at the edge of a cliff, until he is unexpectedly distracted by the sight of a woman emerging from the water below... A group of art students protesting the demolition of a housing block decide to turn its destruction into a creative act... Waiting in her car for the rain to pass after her mother's funeral, a woman nurses her child and reflects on a world outside that remains headless of her sorrow... The stories shortlisted for the BBC National Short Story Award with Cambridge University 2018 pivot around the theme of loss, and the different ways that individuals, and communities, respond to it. From the son caring for his estranged father, to the widow going out for her first meal alone, the characters in these stories are trying to find ways to repair themselves, looking ahead to a time when grief will eventually soften and sooth. Above all, these stories explore the importance of human connection, and salutary effect of companionship and friendship when all else seems lost.