![]() ![]() It is a delirious and thrilling improvisation, a jazz solo spun out of that meeting. How Much of These Hills is Gold- the one I liked the best of all the rest. The New Wilderness- just because I disliked it so much, of course it will be. The Shadow King- woman power in history 5. Shuggie Bain- tugging the heartstrings 4. ![]() And their stories become one story, a story with the power to heal - and the power to change the world. Love and Other Thought Experiments- too creative not to be shortlisted 3. When Rami and Bassam meet, and tell one another the story of their grief, the most unexpected thing of all happens: they become best of friends. Both are fathers both are fathers of daughters - and both daughters are now lost. How do we continue living once we have lost our reason to live? Rami and Bassam live in the city of Jerusalem - but exist worlds apart, divided by an age-old conflict. 'A quite extraordinary novel'- Kamila Shamsie. It is, itself, an agent of change' - New York Times Book Review. FICTION: The true story of a Palestinian father and an Israeli Jew is at the heart of this new novel by prize-winning author Colum McCann. It left me hopeful this is its gift' - Elizabeth Strout. CHOSEN AS A BOOK OF 2020 BY THE SUNDAY TIMES, OBSERVER, GUARDIAN, i PAPER, FINANCIAL TIMES, NEW STATESMAN, SCOTSMAN, IRISH TIMES, BBC.COM, WATERSTONES.COM. WINNER OF THE PRIX DU MEILLEUR LIVRES ETRANGER. ![]() A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZESHORTLISTED FOR THE PRIX FEMINA AND THE PRIX MEDICIS. ![]()
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