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SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2020 BOOKER PRIZE 'Utterly compelling, complex, unflinching realism - sometimes emotionally wrenching but also cathartic, written with poignancy and memorability.' -The 2020 Booker Prize Jury 'Avni Doshi is a writer of surgical precision and sharp intelligence. This novel of...

'Tender and cynical, poised between unknowing and knowing, The First House juxtaposes myths, rituals and its protagonist's life experience to probe the tragic interplay of marriage, betrayal and sacrifice in her life.' - Geetanjali Shree, International Booker Prize-winning author of Tomb of Sand...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2020 AND PUBLISHED IN THE UK AS BURNT SUGAR 'Utterly compelling, complex, unflinching realism - sometimes emotionally wrenching but also cathartic, written with poignancy and memorability.' - The Booker Prize Judges 2020 'Avni Doshi is a writer of surgical...

Brought to you by Penguin. From the Booker Prize-shortlisted author of Burnt Sugar comes a gripping psychodrama of unravelling and rebirth – for readers of Katie Kitamura, Deborah Levy, Gwendoline Riley and Elena Ferrante ‘I married my husband to live in a fairy tale. I imagined us like...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2020, AND PUBLISHED IN THE UK AS BURNT SUGAR Utterly compelling, complex, unflinching realism - sometimes emotionally wrenching but also cathartic, written with poignancy and memorability. - The Booker Prize Judges 2020 Avni Doshi is a writer of surgical...

Novela Finalista del Booker 2020. «Es imposible mirar la maternidad de la misma manera después de leer Azúcar quemado.» Isabel Coixet «Mentiría si dijera que nunca he sentido placer cuando a mi madre le ocurre una desgracia.» La madre de Antara siempre fue una mujer indomable, que...