Western Lane

Resumen del libro

'A beautiful and evocative novel about grief, about growing up, about losing and winning. The people and places in this book will stay with me for a long time.' Sally RooneyA 'Book of the Year' in The Economist, The Independent, The Week, The New York Times and The GuardianA deeply moving novel about grief, sisterhood, squash and a teenage girl's struggle to transcend herself. Eleven-year-old Gopi has been playing squash since she was old enough to hold a racket.

When her mother dies, her father enlists her in a quietly brutal training regimen, and the game becomes her world. Slowly, she grows apart from her sisters. Her life is reduced to the sport, guided by its rhythms: the serve, the volley, the drive, the shot and its echo.

But on the court, she is not alone. She is with her pa. She is with Ged, a thirteen-year-old boy with his own formidable talent.

She is with the players who have come before her. She is in awe. An unforgettable coming-of-age story, Chetna Maroo's first novel is a moving exploration of the closeness of sisterhood, the immigrant experience, and the collective overcoming of grief.

Biografía del autor

CHETNA MAROO nació en Kenia y creció en el Reino Unido. Sus cuentos han aparecido en revistas como The Paris Review, The Stinging Fly o The Dublin Review. En 2022 recibió el Premio Plimpton. Su primera novela, ¡ Western Lane /i , traducida a una decena de lenguas, fue nominada al Women's Prize for Fiction y finalista del Premio Booker en 2023.