Shortlisted for Women's Prize for Fiction 2019 Chosen as a Book of the Year by THE GUARDIAN, TELEGRAPH, SUNDAY TELEGRAPH, SUNDAY EXPRESS, IRISH TIMES, TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT, WASHINGTON POST, BOSTON GLOBE, SEATTLE TIMES, TIME MAGAZINE, NEWSWEEK, PEOPLE, KIRKUS, PUBLISHERS WEEKLY AND GOODREADS
A story of love in a cool climate, intensely romantic and weepily beautiful...it is startlingly different: a true original ― Guardian Casablanca remade Japanese style...It is dream-like writing, laden with scenes which have the radiance of a poem ― The Times This wise and beautiful book is full of hidden truths ― New York Times
"Most collections of short stories work by the interplay of different voices. This one offers the more satisfying rewards of a novel: unity of tone and a richness of recurring detail that creates its own texture: spaghetti, lawns, hamburgers, beer-drinking, kid sisters, Sunday afternoons, a man's name" - INDEPENDENT Enchanting...intriguing... All of these tales have a wonderfully surreal quality and…
