Exploring the complexities of relationships, this novel delves into the intertwining dynamics of friendship, romance, and family. With humor and emotional depth, it captures the moments when these boundaries begin to fade, leading to unexpected and often hilarious outcomes. The characters navigate their evolving connections, revealing the challenges and joys that come with blurred lines in their lives.
Featured in the Guardian's Readers' Books of the Year A fierce, big-hearted novel.' Joe Treasure, author of The Book of Air Sensitive, affecting' Francesca Rhydderch, author of The Rice Paper Diaries'A deeply felt novel' Tim Finch,author of The House of Jounalists 2nd March 1975 In Asmara, Eritrea, Yonas Kelati is born into a world of turmoil. At the same time, on the same day, Jude Munroe takes her first breath in London, England. Thirty Years Later Blacklisted in his war-ravaged country, Yonas has no option but to flee his home. After a terrible journey, he arrives on a bleak English coast. By a twist of fate, Yonas' asylum case lands on Jude's desk. Opening the file, she finds a patchwork of witness statements from those who met Yonas along his journey: a lifetime the same length of hers, reduced to a few scraps of paper. Soon, Jude will stand up in court and tell Yonas' story. How she tells it will change his life forever. Fearless, uplifting and compelling, The Invisible Crowd is a powerful debut novel about loyalty, kindness - and the brief moments which define our lives.
The Experience and Cultural Value of Literary Performance Events from Salons to Festivals
Wiles asks why literary events appeal and matter to people, and how they can transform the ways in which fiction is received and valued. Wiles's experiential literary ethnography represents an innovative and vital contribution, not just to literary research, but to research into the value of cultural experience across art forms.