A God in Every Stone

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BY THE WINNER OF THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION

'A magnificent novel: beautiful, terrible, true It reads already like a classic' - Ali Smith

Shortlisted for the Baileys Womens Prize for Fiction

Grief never leaves, it merely sinks into you.

Summer, 1914. Young Englishwoman Vivian Rose Spencer is in an ancient land, about to discover the Temple of Zeus, the call of adventure, and love. Thousands of miles away a twenty-year-old Pathan, Qayyum Gul, is learning about brotherhood and loyalty in the British Indian army.

Summer, 1915. Viv has been separated from the man she loves; Qayyum has lost an eye at Ypres. They meet on a train to Peshawar, unaware that a connection is about to be forged between their lives one that will reveal itself fifteen years later when anti-colonial resistance, an ancient artefact and a mysterious woman will bring them together again.

A jewel-like story of the destruction of war and the serendipitous nature of fate, A God in Every Stone traverses the globe into the heart of empires fallen and conquered, demonstrating our place in the chaos of history.

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First-rate intelligent, vivid and completely absorbing * Daily Mail *
I cant recommend A God in Every Stone by Kamila Shamsie too strongly this is her best novel yet Exciting and, in the end, profoundly moving, this will solace you during the grimmest holiday -- Antonia Fraser * Guardian Summer Reading *
A magnificent novel: beautiful, terrible, true It reads already like a classic -- Ali Smith
A page-turner that is also a literary page-turner -- Jeanette Winterson * Guardian Summer Reading *
A moving story of love and betrayal, generosity and brutality, hope and injustice, full of characters that stay with you * Financial Times *

Author Bio

Kamila Shamsie is the author of six novels: In the City by the Sea (shortlisted for the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize); Salt and Saffron; Kartography (also shortlisted for the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize); Broken Verses; Burnt Shadows (shortlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction) and A God in Every Stone, which was shortlisted for the Baileys Prize, the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction and the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature. Home Fire was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2017, shortlisted for the Costa Best Novel Award, and won the Women's Prize for Fiction 2018. Three of her novels have received awards from Pakistan's Academy of Letters. Kamila Shamsie is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and was named a Granta Best of Young British Novelist in 2013. She grew up in Karachi and now lives in London.

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