Kamila Shamsie

Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2017 Home Fire, a profound novel by Kamila Shamsie, intricately weaves a tale of love, politics, and the complex dynamics of a fractured family. The story begins with Isma, who, after years of dedication to raising her younger twin siblings following their mother's death, finally seizes the opportunity to continue her education in America....

BY THE WINNER OF THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION A God in Every Stone by Kamila Shamsie is highly recommended. Exciting and, in the end, profoundly moving, this will solace you during the grimmest holiday. - Antonia Fraser, Guardian Summer Reading A magnificent novel: beautiful, terrible, true … It reads already like a classic. - Ali Smith A moving story...

_______________ 'A richly woven novel … The voice that guides us around this world darts with wit and lightness in a way that is unique and often lovely' - Rana Dasgupta, Guardian 'The plot gallops along, ensuring a gripping read … thought-provoking' - Independent 'A highly accomplished novel … A multi-layered but shrewdly simple tale' - New Statesman, Books of...

_______________ WINNER OF THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION WINNER OF THE LONDON HELLENIC PRIZE A BOOK OF THE YEAR IN THE GUARDIAN, OBSERVER, TELEGRAPH, NEW STATESMAN, EVENING STANDARD AND NEW YORK TIMES _______________ ‘The book for our times’ - Judges of the Women’s Prize 'Elegant and evocative ... A powerful exploration of the clash between society, family and faith in...

BY THE WINNER OF THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 'A magnificent novel: beautiful, terrible, true … It reads already like a classic' - Ali Smith Shortlisted for the Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction Grief never leaves, it merely sinks into you. Summer, 1914. Young Englishwoman Vivian Rose Spencer is in an ancient land, about to discover the Temple of Zeus,...

_______________ 'A boisterous tribute to her home town that crackles with the chaos of Pakistani political life' - The Times 'Deftly woven and provocative ... Shamsie's blistering humour and ear for dialogue scorches through their whirl of whisky and witticisms' - Observer 'You will notice very quickly that you're reading a book by someone who can write … Above all,...

‘A profound novel about friendship. I loved it to pieces’ — MADELINE MILLER SHORTLISTED FOR THE INDIE BOOK AWARDS 2023 PICKED AS ONE OF THE SUNDAY TIMES' BEST PAPERBACKS OF 2023 CHOSEN AS A BOOK TO LOOK OUT FOR BY THE GUARDIAN, BBC, OBSERVER, DAILY MAIL, IRISH TIMES AND FINANCIAL TIMES Sometimes it was as though the forty years of...

_______________ 'A richly woven novel … The voice that guides us around this world darts with wit and lightness in a way that is unique and often lovely' - Rana Dasgupta, Guardian 'The plot gallops along, ensuring a gripping read … thought-provoking' - Independent 'A highly accomplished novel … A multi-layered but shrewdly simple tale' - New Statesman, Books of...

For every bullet shot by an oppressor there springs to life a starHasan lives an idyllic childhood of abundance: of pomegranates and cricket and ostensible serenity. This illusory veneer of calm is shattered when his beloved uncle Salman, a dissenting politician in a land shackled by a militaristic regime, is charged with treason, under possible penalty of death.Written with melancholic...

_______________'A boisterous tribute to her home town that crackles with the chaos of Pakistani political life' - The Times'Deftly woven and provocative ... Shamsie's blistering humour and ear for dialogue scorches through their whirl of whisky and witticisms' - Observer'You will notice very quickly that you're reading a book by someone who can write … Above all, Kartography is a...

_______________'Beautifully written in cunning, punning, glancing prose' - Independent'A whirlwind … Owes plenty to Salman Rushdie and some to Hollywood … Exuberant, knowingly exotic and deceptively serious' - Guardian'Kamila Shamsie has created a rich, bright world' - Times Literary Supplement_______________Coming back to Karachi is like stepping into the sea again after months on land.Aliya finds herself constantly enraptured by her...

‘A profound novel about friendship. I loved it to pieces’ — MADELINE MILLER SHORTLISTED FOR THE INDIE BOOK AWARDS 2023 PICKED AS ONE OF THE SUNDAY TIMES BEST PAPERBACKS OF 2023 CHOSEN AS A BOOK TO LOOK OUT FOR BY THE GUARDIAN, BBC, OBSERVER, DAILY MAIL, IRISH TIMES AND FINANCIAL TIMES Maryam and Zahra. In 1988 Karachi, two fourteen-year-old girls...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE INDIE BOOK AWARDS 2023 CHOSEN AS A BEST BOOK OF 2022 BY THE GUARDIAN, OBSERVER, DAILY MAIL, FINANCIAL TIMES AND IRISH TIMES ‘A profound novel about friendship. I loved it to pieces’ - Madeline Miller 'A shining tour de force' - Ali Smith, Guardian Summer Reading 'An intimate study of the ties that bind us' - Stylist...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE INDIE BOOK AWARDS 2023 CHOSEN AS A BEST BOOK OF 2022 BY THE GUARDIAN, OBSERVER, DAILY MAIL, FINANCIAL TIMES AND IRISH TIMES ‘A profound novel about friendship. I loved it to pieces’ - Madeline Miller 'A shining tour de force' - Ali Smith, Guardian Summer Reading 'An intimate study of the ties that bind us' - Stylist...

_______________ 'A formidable arching tale about loss and foreignness' - Financial Times 'Powerful, epic yet skilfully controlled … Shamsie's voice is clear and compelling, with a welcome sparseness' - Guardian 'Completely authentic, complex, and breath-stopping' - Emma Thompson _______________ SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORANGE PRIZE BY THE ACCLAIMED WINNER OF THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION August 9th, 1945, Nagasaki. Hiroko Tanaka...

_______________ 'A formidable arching tale about loss and foreignness' - Financial Times 'Powerful, epic yet skilfully controlled … Shamsie's voice is clear and compelling, with a welcome sparseness' - Guardian 'Completely authentic, complex, and breath-stopping' - Emma Thompson _______________ SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORANGE PRIZE BY THE ACCLAIMED WINNER OF THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION Here was one who would squeeze...

Eight Ghosts features eight authors who were granted exclusive access to their chosen English Heritage site, ranging from medieval castles to a Cold War nuclear bunker. Immersed in historical atmospheres and chilled by rumours of hauntings, they channelled their imaginations into a series of extraordinary new ghost stories. Following these tales by the contemporary writers, there is a section by...