Sharply intelligent, richly allegorical, unsparing psychodrama... An eviscerating study of the quiet violence of domestic discord, and the search for a new freedom
The Bookseller (Editor's Choice)
Like Bergman's Scenes from a Marriage or Ferrante's Days of Abandonment,The First House is at times brutal and harrowing, with sentences and scenes sharpened to a dagger point. But it is ...
Amina Cain, author of 'Indelicacy'
Bracing, unsentimental, and beautifully written. The end days of a marriage are the beginning of a new life. In this story of rebirth, each page is sharp, piercing, and totally defiant of the expected.
Douglas Stuart, author of 'Shuggie Bain'
Sharply intelligent, richly allegorical, unsparing psychodrama... An eviscerating study of the quiet violence of domestic discord, and the search for a new freedom
The Bookseller (Editor's Choice)
Like Bergman's Scenes from a Marriage or Ferrante's Days of Abandonment,The First House is at times brutal and harrowing, with sentences and scenes sharpened to a dagger point. But it is ...
Amina Cain, author of 'Indelicacy'
Bracing, unsentimental, and beautifully written. The end days of a marriage are the beginning of a new life. In this story of rebirth, each page is sharp, piercing, and totally defiant of the expected.
Douglas Stuart, author of 'Shuggie Bain'
Sharply intelligent, richly allegorical, unsparing psychodrama... An eviscerating study of the quiet violence of domestic discord, and the search for a new freedom
The Bookseller (Editor's Choice)
Like Bergman's Scenes from a Marriage or Ferrante's Days of Abandonment,The First House is at times brutal and harrowing, with sentences and scenes sharpened to a dagger point. But it is ...
Amina Cain, author of 'Indelicacy'
Bracing, unsentimental, and beautifully written. The end days of a marriage are the beginning of a new life. In this story of rebirth, each page is sharp, piercing, and totally defiant of the expected.
From moving memoirs of Muslim life to captivating novels about identity and family, these are must-read books from some of today’s best South Asian authors.
