Pre-order: To be shipped in June 2025
380 pages/9781915789389
Secrets, lies and love as the DDR collapses.
Three young people from vastly different backgrounds - Armando from Mozambique, Lolita from India and East German national Theo - are drawn together in a small Baltic city in 1989, just as the DDR begins to collapse around them.
While a quiet revolution sweeps through Eastern Europe, they find themselves in a poignant love triangle, as their lives intertwine and collide with each other in a messy, beautiful ways.
Praise for Previous Works:
The Wild Wind: There is nothing tiresomely clever or tricksy about this novel, no showing-off. On the contrary, it is written with serious respect for the characters and their story. There are no villains ... This is difficult to bring off, and Kalayil is evidently a novelist of real talent. - Allan Massie (The Scotsman)
The Inheritance: A delicately written, optimistic and very involving novel, it’s a story that spans Britain, Portugal, India and Africa, as Rita rises from the ashes of a tragedy and learns to appreciate the intricacy and interconnectedness of human relationships through more understanding eyes. - Alastair Mabbott (The Herald)
About the Author:
Sheena Kalayil is a critically acclaimed Manchester-based author and teacher. 'The Others' is Kalayil's fourth novel, continuing her profound examination of untold stories from the crossroads of history and human experience. Her third book, 'The Wild Wind', drew inspiration from her own nomadic upbringing shuttling between India, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Kalayil's debut novel, 'The Bureau of Second Chances', announced her as a major new literary talent, winning the prestigious Writers' Guild Award for Best First Novel and being shortlisted for the Edward Stanford Prize for Fiction with a Sense of Place. With a lifetime of experiences teaching around the world, from Nepal and Mozambique to Tunisia and Venezuela, Kalayil brings a truly global perspective to her writing. Since 2002, she has called the UK home, now teaching at the University of Manchester while penning rich, immersive narratives that transcend borders.
