Kamila Shamsie

Kamila Shamsie retells 'The Ugly Duckling'. A Fairy Tale Revolution is here to remix and revive our favourite stories. 'A duck unlike other ducks. A raincloud-duck, with the heart of a lion, who struck out into the world on her own...'On the farm, some eggs are hatching. A flock of sweet ducklings are popping out. But one duckling looks different from all the others... Cast out and all alone, this odd duckling will need all her bravery and curiosity to survive. Her journey is a search for belonging, but what she finds is the right to be different.

När Isma lämnar England för USA är det med känslan av att livet äntligen kan börja på riktigt. Efter moderns död har hon helhjärtat ägnat sig åt småsyskonen, men nu har hon fått chansen att följa sina drömmar. Mitt uppe iden nya tillvaron kan hon ändå inte sluta oroa sig för sin viljestarka syster Aneeka hemma i London, och brodern Parvaiz som också han när en dröm. Han vill hedra arvet från sin pappa, jihadisten han aldrig kände, och försvinner spårlöst. När Parvaiz återigen ger sig tillkänna besannas Ismas värsta farhågor. Strax därpå lär systrarna känna Eamonn, sonen till en mäktig politiker. Eamonn har även han ett arv att leva upp till eller trotsa. De två familjernas öden flätas obönhörligen samman, med drastiska konsekvenser för alla inblandade. Var och en tvingas de fråga sig vad innebörden av orden kärlek och lojalitet kommer att kosta dem.

När Isma lämnar England för USA är det med känslan av att livet äntligen kan börja på riktigt. Efter moderns död har hon helhjärtat ägnat sig åt småsyskonen, men nu har hon fått chansen att följa sina drömmar. Mitt uppe iden nya tillvaron kan hon ändå inte sluta oroa sig för sin viljestarka syster Aneeka hemma i London, och brodern Parvaiz som också han när en dröm. Han vill hedra arvet från sin pappa, jihadisten han aldrig kände, och försvinner spårlöst. När Parvaiz återigen ger sig tillkänna besannas Ismas värsta farhågor. Strax därpå lär systrarna känna Eamonn, sonen till en mäktig politiker. Eamonn har även han ett arv att leva upp till eller trotsa. De två familjernas öden flätas obönhörligen samman, med drastiska konsekvenser för alla inblandade. Var och en tvingas de fråga sig vad innebörden av orden kärlek och lojalitet kommer att kosta dem.

'An impressive line-up of established and emerging names' Sunday Times 'These eerie, unsettling stories are guaranteed to send shivers down your spine' Daily Express A rich collection of unnerving ghost stories and sinister histories conjured from the imaginations of bestselling authors: Mark Haddon, Jeanette Winterson, Andrew Michael Hurley, Sarah Perry, Stuart Evers, Kate Clanchy, Kamila Shamsie and Max Porter. From medieval castles to a Cold War nuclear bunker, locations are inspired by rumours of hauntings on English Heritage sites*. Let these immersive stories transport you to the past - the perfect book for the haunting season. *Also includes a gazetteer of EH properties which are said to be haunted.

_______________'Full of fun, longing and wit … a debut of spirit and imagination, loaded with intelligent charm' - Ali Smith'A touching and engrossing story … an assured debut' - The Times'A colourful and peripatetic view of politics in Pakistan … an interesting and promising novel' - Guardian_______________BY THE ACCLAIMED WINNER OF THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTIONSHORTLISTED FOR THE JOHN LLEWELLYN RHYS PRIZE_______________Hasan is eleven years old. He loves cricket, pomegranates, the night sky, his clever, vibrant artistic mother and his etymologically obsessed lawyer father, and he adores his next-door neighbour Zehra. One early summer morning, while lazing happily on the roof, Hasan watches a young boy flying a yellow kite fall to his death. Soon after, Hasan's idyllic, sheltered family life is shattered when his beloved uncle Salman, a dissenting politician, is arrested and charged with treason... Set in a land ruled by an oppressive military regime, this eloquent, charming and quietly political novel vividly recreates the confusing world of a young boy on the edge of adulthood, and beautifully illustrates the transformative power of the imagination.

_______________'A boisterous tribute to her home town that crackles with the chaos of Pakistani political life' - The Times'Deftly woven and provocative ... Shamsie's blistering humour and ear for dialogue scorches through their whirl of whisky and witticisms' - Observer'You will notice very quickly that you're reading a book by someone who can write … Above all, Kartography is a love story. And if you're not sniffling by, or in fact on, page 113, you're reading the wrong book' - Guardian_______________BY THE ACCLAIMED WINNER OF THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2018SHORTLISTED FOR THE JOHN LLEWELLYN RHYS PRIZE_______________Soul mates from birth, Karim and Raheen finish one another's sentences, speak in anagrams and lie spine to spine. They are irrevocably bound to one another and to Karachi, Pakistan. It beats in their hearts - violent, polluted, corrupt, vibrant, brave and ultimately, home. As the years go by they let a barrier of silence build between them until, finally, they are brought together during a dry summer of strikes and ethnic violence and their relationship is poised between strained friendship and fated love._______________'Perceptive, funny and poignant' - Times Literary Supplement'A touching love story, with the city of Karachi beating at its heart' - Daily Mail'A gorgeous novel of perimeters and boundaries, of the regions – literal and figurative – in which we’re comfortable moving about and those through which we’d rather not travel' - Los Angeles Times

_______________'Beautifully written in cunning, punning, glancing prose' - Independent'A whirlwind … Owes plenty to Salman Rushdie and some to Hollywood … Exuberant, knowingly exotic and deceptively serious' - Guardian'Kamila Shamsie has created a rich, bright world' - Times Literary Supplement_______________BY THE ACCLAIMED WINNER OF THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTIONThe Dard-e-Dils are characterised by their prominent clavicles and love of stories. Aliya may not have inherited her family’s patrician looks, but she is prey to their legends that stretch back to the days of Timur Lang. There is a sting to most of these tales, for the Dard-e-Dils consider themselves cursed by their ‘not-quite’ twins. Amidst her growing attraction to a boy from the wrong side of the tracks, Aliya begins to believe that she is another ‘not-quite’ twin, linked to her scandalous aunt Mariam in a way that hardly bodes well… _______________'A funny, clever and romantic story' - Barbara Trapido'The stories within the stories describe Pakistani society, its peoples and its mores, better than anything that has come from the Other Side for a long time. This is a good read' - India Today

BY THE WINNER OF THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION_______________'I can’t recommend A God in Every Stone by Kamila Shamsie too strongly ... Exciting and, in the end, profoundly moving, this will solace you during the grimmest holiday' - Antonia Fraser, Guardian Summer Reading'A magnificent novel: beautiful, terrible, true … It reads already like a classic' - Ali Smith'A moving story of love and betrayal, generosity and brutality, hope and injustice, full of characters that stay with you' - Financial Times_______________Shortlisted for the Baileys Women’s Prize for FictionSummer, 1914. Young Englishwoman Vivian Rose Spencer is in an ancient land, about to discover the Temple of Zeus, the call of adventure, and love. Thousands of miles away a twenty-year-old Pathan, Qayyum Gul, is learning about brotherhood and loyalty in the British Indian army. Summer, 1915. Viv has been separated from the man she loves; Qayyum has lost an eye at Ypres. They meet on a train to Peshawar, unaware that a connection is about to be forged between their lives – one that will reveal itself fifteen years later when anti-colonial resistance, an ancient artefact and a mysterious woman will bring them together again.

_______________'A formidable arching tale about loss and foreignness' - Financial Times'Powerful, epic yet skilfully controlled … Shamsie's voice is clear and compelling, with a welcome sparseness' - Guardian'Completely authentic, complex, and breath-stopping' - Emma Thompson_______________SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORANGE PRIZEBY THE ACCLAIMED WINNER OF THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTIONAugust 9th, 1945, Nagasaki. Hiroko Tanaka steps out onto her veranda, taking in the view of the terraced slopes leading up to the sky. She is twenty-one and on the verge of marrying Konrad Weiss. In a split second, the world turns whiteIn the numbing aftermath of a bomb that obliterates everything she has known, all that remains are the bird-shaped burns on her back, an indelible reminder of the world she has lost. In search of new beginnings, Hiroko travels to Delhi to find Konrad’s relatives and falls in love with their employee, Sajjad Ashraf. As the years unravel, new homes replace those left behind and old wars are seamlessly usurped by new conflicts. But the shadows of history – personal, political – are cast over the entwined worlds of different families as they are transported from Pakistan to New York, and in the novel's astonishing climax, to Afghanistan in the immediate wake of 9/11._______________'Shamsie achieves the near impossibility of a truly intimate epic tale … I challenge anyone to put this book down lightly' - Shami Chakrabarti, Observer, Books of the Year'A giant of novel … Beautifully realised' - Independent

"Ingenious... Builds to one of the most memorable final scenes I've read in a novel this century." --The New York Times WINNER OF THE 2018 WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION FINALIST FOR THE 2019 INTERNATIONAL DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD LONGLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE The suspenseful and heartbreaking story of an immigrant family driven to pit love against loyalty, with devastating consequences, from the author of Best of Friends Isma is free. After years of watching out for her younger siblings in the wake of their mother's death, she's accepted an invitation from a mentor in America that allows her to resume a dream long deferred. But she can't stop worrying about Aneeka, her beautiful, headstrong sister back in London, or their brother, Parvaiz, who's disappeared in pursuit of his own dream, to prove himself to the dark legacy of the jihadist father he never knew. When he resurfaces half a globe away, Isma's worst fears are confirmed. Then Eamonn enters the sisters' lives. Son of a powerful political figure, he has his own birthright to live up to--or defy. Is he to be a chance at love? The means of Parvaiz's salvation? Suddenly, two families' fates are inextricably, devastatingly entwined, in this searing novel that asks: What sacrifices will we make in the name of love?

_______________WINNER OF THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION WINNER OF THE LONDON HELLENIC PRIZEA BOOK OF THE YEAR IN THE GUARDIAN, OBSERVER, TELEGRAPH, NEW STATESMAN, EVENING STANDAND AND NEW YORK TIMES_______________‘The book for our times’ - Judges of the Women’s Prize'Elegant and evocative ... A powerful exploration of the clash between society, family and faith in the modern world' - Guardian'Builds to one of the most memorable final scenes I’ve read in a novel this century' - New York Times_______________Isma is free. After years spent raising her twin siblings in the wake of their mother’s death, she is finally studying in America, resuming a dream long deferred. But she can’t stop worrying about Aneeka, her beautiful, headstrong sister back in London – or their brother, Parvaiz, who’s disappeared in pursuit of his own dream: to prove himself to the dark legacy of the jihadist father he never knew. Then Eamonn enters the sisters’ lives. Handsome and privileged, he inhabits a London worlds away from theirs. As the son of a powerful British Muslim politician, Eamonn has his own birthright to live up to – or defy. Is he to be a chance at love? The means of Parvaiz’s salvation? Two families’ fates are inextricably, devastatingly entwined in this searing novel that asks: what sacrifices will we make in the name of love? A contemporary reimagining of Sophocles’ Antigone, Home Fire is an urgent, fiercely compelling story of loyalties torn apart when love and politics collide – confirming Kamila Shamsie as a master storyteller of our times._______________NOW A BBC RADIO 4 BOOK AT BEDTIMESHORTLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL DUBLIN LITERARY AWARDSHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA NOVEL AWARD 2017SHORTLISTED FOR THE DSC PRIZE FOR SOUTH ASIAN LITERATURE 2018LONGLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2017

Pohjois-Lontoossa kasvanut Isma joutui ottamaan vastuun kahdesta nuoresta sisaruksestaan perheen äidin kuoltua. Nyt hän toteuttaa viimein unelmaansa ja lähtee tekemään väitöskirjaa Amerikkaan. Hän ei silti voi lakata huolehtimasta omapäisestä sisarestaan Aneekasta eikä tämän kaksoisveljestä Parvaizista, joka on kadonnut kulkiessaan itselleen miltei tuntemattomaksi jääneen jihadisti-isänsä jalanjälkiä. Kun selviää, että Parvaiz on päätynyt Syyriaan, Raqqaan, joutuvat sisaret suunniltaan surusta ja huolesta. Mitä he voivat tehdä? Mitä heidän pitäisi tehdä? Miten Parvaizin valinnat heijastuvat heidän elämäänsä? Kamila Shamsien Women’s Prize for Fictionin vuonna 2018 voittanut ja Booker- ja Costa-ehdokkaana ollut romaani on ravisuttava kertomus yhteisön, rakkauden ja uskon välisestä konfliktista sekä muslimiperheiden elämästä terrorismin varjossa.

Born in what is now Ukraine to Polish parents, naturalised as a British citizen, and schooled on the high seas of international commerce, Joseph Conrad was a true citizen of the world. His novels bore witness to the dehumanising repercussions of empire, explored a world in which state-sponsored terrorism ruined individuals' lives, and pioneered complex narrative structures and subjective points-of-view in what was to become the first wave of literary modernism. To mark his 160th birthday, 14 authors and critics from Britain, Poland and elsewhere have come together to celebrate his legacy with new pieces of fiction and non-fiction. Conrad felt that the writer's task was to offer 'that glimpse of truth for which you have forgotten to ask.' In an age of increasing isolationism, these celebrations remind you of the value of such glimpses. Commissioned as part of the Joseph Conrad Year 2017.

'An impressive line-up of established and emerging names' Sunday Times 'These eerie, unsettling stories are guaranteed to send shivers down your spine' Daily Express A rich collection of unnerving ghost stories and sinister histories conjured from the imaginations of bestselling authors: Mark Haddon, Jeanette Winterson, Andrew Michael Hurley, Sarah Perry, Stuart Evers, Kate Clanchy, Kamila Shamsie and Max Porter. From medieval castles to a Cold War nuclear bunker, locations are inspired by rumours of hauntings on English Heritage sites*. Let these immersive stories transport you to the past - the perfect book for the haunting season. *Also includes a gazetteer of EH properties which are said to be haunted.

"Om du vill läsa en bok i år som sätter den gängse historieskrivningen om väst som de goda och muslimerna som de onda i gungning så läs den här." Naila Saleem, Kulturnytt, SR Nagasaki, den 9 augusti 1945. Livet förändras för alltid för den unga lärarinnan Hiroko Tanaka. Hon överlever atombomben, men förlorar allt hon har kärt: sin fästman, sin far, sitt hem. Hennes kropp bär vittnesmål om tragedin; på ryggen bränns tre tranor i flykt in från sidenet i hennes kimono. Så börjar berättelsen som kommer att sträcka sig över tre generationer och tre världsdelar. Från en ung kvinnas krossade drömmar i slutet av andra världskriget i Japan, via Indiens frigörelse fråndet brittiska kolonialväldet, Sovjets invasion av Afghanistan, ett New York i sviterna av 9/11 till en ung namnlös man iförd orange overall i Guantanamo Bay. Genom två familjers sammanflätade öden förmedlar Kamila Shamsie kraften hos en gemensam historia, och gestaltar de stora tragedierna genom enskilda människors förluster. Kamila Shamsie är född år 1973 i Pakistan och nu verksam i Storbritannien. Hon arbetar som journalist och kritiker på The Guardian och romandebuterade 1998 med In the City by the Sea. År 2013 var Shamsie inkluderad på Grantas lista över de tjugo bästa unga författarna i Storbritannien. Brända skuggor är den första av hennes romaner att översättas till svenska. Kamila Shamsie kommer att besöka Bokmässan i Göteborg 2014.