Cockroach

Our unnamed narrator has left his Middle-Eastern home and settled in a chilly, western city. He lives as an exile, untrusted, unwanted, foreign. A stranger trying to make sense of a strange land.

But he brings with him secrets - of a family tragedy that he failed to prevent and a childhood overshadowed by war. And as he wanders snowy streets, falling in love with fellow exile Shoreh, he realizes that to find a place in this alien world it is necessary to become someone else. Someone he never dared to be in his past life . . .
Gripping. A humane and compassionate storyteller
New Statesman

About Rawi Hage

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  • Imprint: Penguin
  • ISBN: 9780241975169
  • Length: 320 pages
  • Price: £4.99
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