Kamila Shamsie Volgorde van de boeken (chronologisch)

A teenager discovers her father only brought her from Pakistan to England because he was being haunted by the spirit of her late mother...A divorcee blunders into his ex-wife' s garden with one goal in mind: to beat his personal best for holding his breath underwater in her pool...A waitress finds herself serving an old school friend who once had a great impact on her but now doesn' t recognise her...The stories shortlisted for the 2023 BBC National Short Story Award reveal characters unmoored from their pasts and quite unable to find themselves in their new lives. Displacement, dislocation and a need to rekindle old identities lie at the heart of these tales: from the woman trying to bond with a refugee and her young son, to the mother struggling simultaneously with the traditional expectations of her Chinese in-laws and the dangers of online life, these stories are freighted with disconnection but buoyed with a desire to start afresh.

Imagine a world filled with fierce, fiery beings, hiding in our shadows, in our dreams, under our skins. Eavesdropping and exploring; savaging our bodies, saving our souls. They are monsters, saviours, victims, childhood friends. Some have called them genies: these are the Djinn. And they are everywhere.

'A profound novel about friendship. I loved it to pieces' MADELINE MILLER ** SHORTLISTED FOR THE INDIE BOOK AWARDS 2023 ** PICKED AS ONE OF THE SUNDAY TIMES' BEST PAPERBACKS OF 2023** CHOSEN AS A BOOK TO LOOK OUT FOR BY THE GUARDIAN, BBC, OBSERVER, DAILY MAIL, IRISH TIMES AND FINANCIAL TIMES ** Maryam and Zahra. In 1988 Karachi, two fourteen-year-old girls are a decade into their friendship, sharing in-jokes, secrets and a love for George Michael. As Pakistan's dictatorship falls and a woman comes to power, the world suddenly seems full of possibilities. Elated by the change in the air, they make a snap decision at a party. That night, everything goes wrong, and the two girls are powerless to change the outcome. Zahra and Maryam. In present-day London, two influential women remain bound together by loyalties, disloyalties, and the memory of that night, which echoes through the present in unexpected ways. Now both have power; and both have very different ideas of how to wield it... Their friendship has always felt unbreakable; can it be undone by one decision? 'An epic story that explores the ties of childhood friendship, the possibility of escape, the way the political world intrudes into the personal, all through the lens of two sharply drawn protagonists' Observer

In this retelling of 'The Ugly Duckling', Kamila Shamsie explores themes of identity, transformation, and belonging. The story follows a character who grapples with feelings of isolation and the desire for acceptance, ultimately discovering their true self amidst societal expectations. Shamsie's narrative adds depth to the classic tale, infusing it with contemporary relevance and emotional resonance, making it a poignant reflection on the journey of self-discovery and the challenges of fitting in.

Isma is vrij. Na jaren op haar jongere broer en zus te hebben gepast na hun moeders dood, vertrekt ze naar de VS voor een PhD, een lang uitgestelde droom. Maar ze kan haar bezorgdheid om Aneeka, haar mooie, koppige zus moeilijk loslaten. Noch die om haar broer, Parvaiz, die verdwenen is om zíjn droom na te jagen: zich bewijzen tegenover de jihadi-vader die hij nooit heeft gekend. Als hij een halve wereld verder opduikt, wordt Isma's ergste vrees bevestigd. Dan komt Eamonn, zoon van een machtig politicus, in het leven van de zussen. Is Eamonn Aneeka's ware liefde? Of het middel tot Parvaiz' bevrijding? Plots is het lot van beide families onlosmakelijk met elkaar verbonden...

A new anthology project from renowned and beloved literary critic John Freeman, Freeman's: Arrival collects never-before-published writing from some of the best-known authors working today, each contributing a piece on the theme of "Arrival." Contributors include Haruki Murakami, Louise Erdrich, Dave Eggers, David Mitchell, Elena Ferrante, Kamile Shamsie, Sjon, Colum McCann, Daniel Galera, Aleksandar Hemon, Ghassan Zaqtan, Etgar Keret, Anne Carson, Tahmima Anam, Helen Simpson, Ishion Hutchinson. Garnette Cadogan, Barry Lopez, Ben Huff, Fatin Abbas, Michael Salu, Honor Moore, Lydia Davis and Laura van den Berg, and a photo essay introduced by Barry Lopez. Freemans: Arrival is an essential addition to the library of anyone interested in the best of contemporary fiction.

BY THE WINNER OF THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION _______________ 'I can't recommend A God in Every Stone by Kamila Shamsie too strongly ... 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 moving story of love and betrayal, generosity and brutality, hope and injustice, full of characters that stay with you' - Financial Times _______________ Shortlisted for the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction 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.

Have you ever stopped to think just how special you are to God? He knows all about you and He loves you. He wants to help you to be true to yourself, your God and your relationships - with your friends, parents, church, boys - and loads more as well. Being a Christian isn't about life becoming boring. It's about us living the way God planned and intended right from the start. So dive in and discover how to be true.

Original stories from remarkable writers.

Two years after her prospects are shattered by the bombing of Nagasaki, Hiroko Tanaka travels to Delhi in search of new beginnings and arrives in the home of her ex-fiance's half-sister, but she finds her circumstances halted by conflicts in the Middle East that prompt her family's eventual relocation to America.

From Pakistan' s most acclaimed young writer.

Hasan is 11 years old and has an idyllic life which is shattered when his uncle, a dissenting politician, is arrested and charged with treason. Hasan resolves to save his uncle, he questions the Oldest Man and hatches plots he can never carry out.

Wat is het, het exacte moment, waarop alles verandert - waarop vriendschap verandert in liefde? Karim en Raheen zijn soul mates vanaf hun geboorte: ze maken elkaars zinnen af, spreken in anagrammen en slapen rug aan rug als kinderen. Ze zijn onvoorwaardelijk verbonden met elkaar en met Karachi, de stad die in hun bloed zit: levendig, gewelddadig, corrupt, dapper, thuis. Raheen is onstuimig loyaal aan Karachi en daardoor soms pijnlijk naïef; ze verafschuwt Karims behoefte om hun stad in kaart te brengen, de straten namen te geven, en zo hun beperkte maar bevoorrechte wereld groter te maken. Als Karim gedwongen wordt naar Londen te verhuizen, groeien ze door wat begon als een eenvoudig meningsverschil steeds verder uit elkaar . Jaren gaan voorbij, waarin ze koppig weigeren met elkaar te spreken, totdat, eindelijk, het toeval ze weer samenbrengt. Tijdens een droge zomer in Karachi beseffen Raheen en Karim dat ze moeten kiezen tussen de vriendschap waarvan ze dachten dat die voorbij was, en een liefde die was voorbestemd.

_______________ 'Beautifully written in cunning, punning, glancing prose' - Independent 'A whirlwind ... Owes plenty to Salman Rushdie and some to Hollywood ... Exuberant, knowingly exotic and deceptively serious' - Guardian 'Kamila Shamsie has created a rich, bright world' - Times Literary Supplement _______________ BY THE ACCLAIMED WINNER OF THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION The Dard-e-Dils are characterised by their prominent clavicles and love of stories. Aliya may not have inherited her family's patrician looks, but she is prey to their legends that stretch back to the days of Timur Lang. There is a sting to most of these tales, for the Dard-e-Dils consider themselves cursed by their 'not-quite' twins. Amidst her growing attraction to a boy from the wrong side of the tracks, Aliya begins to believe that she is another 'not-quite' twin, linked to her scandalous aunt Mariam in a way that hardly bodes well... _______________ 'A funny, clever and romantic story' - Barbara Trapido 'The stories within the stories describe Pakistani society, its peoples and its mores, better than anything that has come from the Other Side for a long time. This is a good read' - India Today