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The Giant Dark
an award-winning novel about love and fame
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The Giant Dark
The inaugural winner of the Mo Siewcharran Prize
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"Heartbreaking, beautiful, epic. I loved it"
KIRAN MILLWOOD HARGRAVE
Author of The Mercies
"A beautiful and imaginative reinterpretation that had me spellbound"
JENNIFER SAINT
Author of Ariadne
"Blindingly brilliant . . . I cannot wait to read everything she writes"
DAISY JOHNSON
Author of Everything Under and Sisters
She was never meant to be an ordinary woman, reading out her history as if it belonged to us. She was more than that. She was the way of learning the world.
It was the last time most of us would see her but we didn't know that then.
Aida is the defining rock star of her age; her every move observed, examined and owned by a devoted, cultish fanbase. When she disappears without a trace into a complicated love affair, they are determined to find her, uncover her truths, and own her once more.
Aida and Ehsan reconnect after a decade apart, hoping to recapture the innocent, lost love of their youth. Before long, their connection is strained by secrets and jealousies, and the past begins to blur with their present as they follow in the footsteps of mythic lovers before them.
The Giant Dark is an award-winning debut novel about love and fame. Inspired by the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice, it explores the consuming and devastating effects of using a lover as a muse.
"Rich and immersive . . . A book to lose yourself in"
JULIA ARMFIELD
Author of Salt Slow
"A brilliant, intoxicating reimagining. A heady brew of art, love and its cataclysmic impact"
IRENOSEN OKOJIE
Author of Nudibranch
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Sarvat Hasin's The Giant Dark is celebrated for its rich and immersive narrative, reimagining the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice through a modern lens. Reviewers praise its exploration of love, trauma, and the mythologising effects of fame, with Hasin's precise prose delivering a captivating, lyrical, and often poignant experience. Critics highlight its masterful handling of the tensions between personal identity and public persona, framing it as an elegant and visceral tale of passion and tragedy.
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ISBN: 9780349701738
Publisher: John Murray Press
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 02 June 2022
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Dialogue Books
Contributors:
- Translated by Priscilla Layne
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 28.0mm
Width: 126.0mm
Height: 196.0mm
Weight: 292g
Pages: 368
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About the Author
Sarvat Hasin is from Pakistan. She has a Masters in Creative Writing from the University of Oxford. Her first novel, This Wide Night, was published by Penguin India and longlisted for the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature. Her second book You Can't Go Home Again was published in 2018 and featured in Vogue India's and The Hindu's best of the year lists. She won the Moth Writer's Retreat Bursary in 2018 and in 2019, Mo Siewcharran Prize for The Giant Dark which came out in 2021. Her essays and poetry have appeared in publications such as Outsiders, The Mays Anthology, English PEN, and Harper's Bazaar. She lives in London and works at the Almeida Theatre.
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