DECEMBER 2018 The English Patient Michael Ondaatje WINNER OF THE GOLDEN MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2018 Sales points • Winner of the 1992 Booker Prize, and winner of the 2018 Golden Man Booker, a special one-off award to crown the best work of fiction from the last five decades of the prize, selected by five judges and then voted for by the public • An international bestseller, The English Patient has been translated into 38 languages • Adapted into a film by Anthony Minghella, starring Kristen Scott-Thomas and Ralph Fiennes, which won nine Academy Awards Description WINNER OF THE GOLDEN MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2018 Magnificent' Sunday Times 'The best piece of fiction I've read in years' Independent on Sunday The final curtain is closing on the Second World War and in an abandoned Italian village. Hana, a nurse, tends to her sole remaining patient. Rescued from a burning plane, the anonymous Englishman is damaged beyond recognition and haunted by painful memories. The only clue Hana has to unlocking his past is the one thing he clung on to through the fire a copy of The Histories by Herodotus, covered with hand-written notes detailing a tragic love affair. About the Author Michael Ondaatje is the author of several novels, as well as a memoir, a non-fiction book on film, and several books of poetry. Among his many Canadian and international recognitions, his novel The English Patient won the Booker Prize and the 2018 Golden Man Booker Prize, and was adapted into a multi-award-winning Oscar movie; and Anil's Ghost won the Price: AU $21.99 NZ $24.99 Giller Prize, the Irish Times International Fiction Prize, and the Prix Medicis. Born in Sri Lanka, Michael Ondaatje lives in ISBN: 9781526605900 Toronto. Format: Paperback Dimensions: 195x129mm Extent: 336 pages Bic1: War & combat fiction Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living: Bloomsbury Pb DECEMBER 2018 A God in Every Stone Kamila Shamsie By the winner of the Women's Prize for Fiction 2018 Shortlisted for the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction Sales points • Shortlisted for the Baileys Prize • By the winner of the Women's Prize for Fiction 2018 Description By the winner of the Women's Prize for Fiction 2018 Shortlisted for the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction Summer, 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. About the Author Kamila Shamsie is the author of six novels: In the City by the Sea (shortlisted for the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize); Salt and Saffron; Kartography (also shortlisted for the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize); Broken Verses; Burnt Shadows (shortlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction) and A God in Every Stone, which was shortlisted for the Baileys Prize, the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction and the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature. Home Fire was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2017, shortlisted for the Costa Best Novel Award, and won the Women's Prize for Fiction 2018. Three of her novels have received awards from Pakistan's Academy of Letters. Kamila Shamsie is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and Price: AU $19.99 NZ $21.99 was named a Granta Best of Young British Novelist in 2013. She grew up in Karachi and now lives in London. ISBN: 9781526607782 @kamilashamsie Format: Paperback - B format Dimensions: 198x130mm Extent: 352 pages Bic1: Fiction & related items Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living: Bloomsbury Pb DECEMBER 2018 Broken Verses Kamila Shamsie By the acclaimed author of the Women's Prize for Fiction 2018 Sales points • By the acclaimed winner of the Winner's Prize for Fiction 2018 Description By the acclaimed author of the Women's Prize for Fiction 2018 Fourteen years ago Aasmaani's mother Samina, a blazing beauty and fearless activist, walked out of her house and was never seen again. Aasmaani refuses to believe she is dead and still dreams of her glorious return. Now grown up and living in Karachi, Aasmaani receives what could be the longed-for proof that her mother is still alive. As she comes closer to the truth she is also irresistibly drawn to Ed, her ally and sparring partner, and the only person who can understand the profound hurt and the profound love that drives her. About the Author Kamila Shamsie is the author of six novels: In the City by the Sea (shortlisted for the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize); Salt and Saffron; Kartography (also shortlisted for the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize); Broken Verses; Burnt Shadows (shortlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction) and A God in Every Stone, which was shortlisted for the Baileys Prize, the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction and the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature. Home Fire was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2017, shortlisted for the Costa Best Novel Award, and won the Women's Prize for Fiction 2018. Three of her novels have received awards from Pakistan's Academy of Letters. Kamila Shamsie is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and was named a Granta Best of Young British Novelist in 2013. She grew up in Karachi and now lives in London. @kamilashamsie Price: AU $19.99 NZ $21.99 ISBN: 9781526607799 Format: Paperback - B format Dimensions: 198x130mm Extent: 352 pages Bic1: Fiction & related items Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living: Bloomsbury Pb DECEMBER 2018 Burnt Shadows Kamila Shamsie Shortlisted for the Orange Prize By the acclaimed winner of the Women's Prize for Fiction 2018 Sales points • By the acclaimed winner of the Women's Prize for Fiction 2018 Description Shortlisted for the Orange Prize By the acclaimed winner of the Women's Prize for Fiction 2018 August 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. About the Author Kamila Shamsie is the author of six novels: In the City by the Sea (shortlisted for the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize); Salt and Saffron; Kartography (also shortlisted for the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize); Broken Verses; Burnt Shadows (shortlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction) and A God in Every Stone, which was shortlisted for the Baileys Prize, the Walter Scott Prize Price: AU $19.99 NZ $21.99 for Historical Fiction and the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature. Home Fire was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize ISBN: 9781526607829 2017, shortlisted for the Costa Best Novel Award, and won the Women's Prize for Fiction 2018. Three of her novels have Format: Paperback - B format received awards from Pakistan's Academy of Letters. Kamila Shamsie is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and Dimensions: 198x130mm Extent: 352 pages was named a Granta Best of Young British Novelist in 2013. She grew up in Karachi and now lives in London. Bic1: Fiction & related items @kamilashamsie Bic2: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living: Bloomsbury Pb DECEMBER 2018 In the City by the Sea Kamila Shamsie Shortlisted for the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize By the acclaimed winner of the Women's Prize for Fiction 2018 Sales points • Shortlisted for the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize • By the acclaimed winner of the Women's Prize for Fiction 2018 Description Shortlisted for the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize By the acclaimed winner of the Women's Prize for Fiction 2018 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. About the Author Kamila Shamsie is the author of six novels: In the City by the Sea (shortlisted for the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize); Salt and Saffron; Kartography (also shortlisted for the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize); Broken Verses; Burnt Shadows (shortlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction) and A God in Every Stone, which was shortlisted for the Baileys Prize, the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction and the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature.