Happiness

'Forna's voice is relentlessly compelling, her ability to summon atmosphere extraordinary ... A thing of lasting beauty' OBSERVER SHORTLISTED FOR THE RSL ONDAATJE PRIZE 2019 SHORTLISTED FOR THE JHALAK PRIZE 2019 A breathtaking novel from Orange Prize-shortlisted and Commonwealth Writers' Prize-winning author Aminatta Forna Waterloo Bridge, London. Two strangers collide. Attila, a Ghanaian psychiatrist, and Jean, an American studying the habits of urban foxes. From this chance encounter in the midst of the rush of a great city, numerous moments of connections span out and interweave, bringing d isparate lives together. Attila has arrived in London with two tasks: to deliver a keynote speech on trauma and to check up on the daughter of friends, his 'niece', Ama, who hasn't called home in a while. It soon emerges that she has been swept up in an immigration crackdown - and now her young son Tano is missing. When, by chance, Attila bumps into Jean again, she joins him in his search for Tano, mobilizing into action the network she has built up, mainly from the many West African immigrants working London's myriad streets, of volunteer fox-spotters: security guards, hotel doormen, traffic wardens. All unite to help and as the search continues, a deepening friendship between Attila and Jean unfolds. In this delicate yet powerful novel of loves lost and new, of past griefs and of the hidden side of a teeming metropolis, Aminatta Forna asks us to consider the values of the society we live in, our co-existence with one another and all living creatures - and the true nature of happiness. _____________________ 'Entering Forna's sweeping universe transports you to a place that feels familiar, but also totally feral and full of surprises' FINANCIAL TIMES 'Happiness is a great pleasure to read because of how much life is packed in by Forna ... [it features] the most appealing protagonist I have encountered in a long while' THE TIMES 'The best writer of fiction in this field' EVENING STANDARD EAN: 9781408893289 Farbverschnitt: Generell werden die Bücher ohne Farbverschnitt geliefert, auch wenn die Abbildungen einen Farbverschnitt zeigen. Erscheinungsjahr: 21.02.2019 Beilage: Paperback Autoren: Forna, Aminatta Seitenzahl/Blattzahl: 312 Themenüberschrift: FICTION / General Keyword: london; love story; literary; reading group fiction; ghana; diaspora; west africa; modern; black writers; african novelists; award winning prize winners; shortlisted nominated jhalak; macmillan samuel johnson caine africa; devil that danced on the water; ancestor stones; happiness; the hired man; the memory of love Fachschema: Englische Belletristik / Roman, Erzählung~Englische Bücher / Belletristik / Roman, Erzählung~London / Roman, Erzählung~England / Roman, Erzählung, Humor~London Fachkategorie: Belletristik: Themen, Stoffe, Motive: Liebe und Beziehungen~Erzählerisches Thema: Vertreibung, Exil, Migration Länge: 198 mm Breite: 126 mm Höhe: 22 mm Gewicht: 232 gr Produktform: Kartoniert