This debut follows Daiyu, a Chinese girl in the 1880s, who reinvents herself to survive a string of tragedies. Knopf, April 5 ‘ Four Treasures of the Sky,’ by Jenny Tinghui Zhang During the visit, the writer faces endless questions from readers about the imaginary disease she wrote about - perhaps a sly reference to Mandel’s own experience talking about her earlier novel, “ Station Eleven,” which took on new resonance during the pandemic. They include an aristocrat’s son on a trans-Atlantic journey, a grieving composer and a writer visiting Earth from her interstellar colony while on her book tour. The lives of characters living centuries apart converge in this time-traveling novel.
As the families prepare for the wedding, their beliefs and traditions evolve, a betrayal threatens to derail the marriage and a years-old secret comes to light. Now, Ali focuses again on a marriage - between Yasmin, a 26-year-old of Indian ancestry studying to be a doctor, and Joe, a middle-class white man whose mother is an outspoken feminist. Pantheon, May 3 ‘ Love Marriage,’ by Monica AliĪli’s 2003 novel, “ Brick Lane,” centered on a young Bangladeshi woman who enters an arranged marriage and lives in Britain, and later discovered her own desires and strengths. The ingredients? An antique lock and key, a puzzling interaction with border control, and a bit of wordplay that could explain it all. Her latest opens when Sandy receives a mysterious call from a former classmate.
Smith has a notably fast literary metabolism: Her most recent novels, referred to as the Seasonal Quartet, incorporated contemporary political and social events - Brexit, immigration debates, climate change - practically in real time. Riverhead, April 5 ‘ Companion Piece,’ by Ali Smith Years later, his father - a political operator with connections throughout the city - asks him to return to the neighborhood to help contain the fallout of a young girl’s murder.
Grove, April 5 ‘ The Return of Faraz Ali,’ by Aamina AhmadĪs a young boy, Faraz is taken from his mother, who works in Lahore’s red light district, and sent to live with distant relatives in a more respectable part of the city.
Two young men, Mungo and James, fall in love and imagine a brighter future for themselves while protecting their secret. Stuart follows his debut novel, “ Shuggie Bain,” which won the Booker Prize and earned praise for its portrayal of working class Scottish life, with a love story set in a Glasgow housing project.
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