The Leavers by Lisa Ko - ISBN: 9780349700526
Paperback
A mother vanishes, a son searches for belonging across borders.

The Leavers

Winner of the PEN/Bellweather Prize for Fiction

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  • Paperback

    416 pages

  • Release Date

    24 April 2018

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Summary

Winner of the 2016 PEN/BELLWETHER PRIZE, the 2017 ASIAN/PACIFIC AMERICAN AWARD FOR LITERATURE IN ADULT FICTION and the 2018 NEW YORK CITY HORNBLOWER AWARD FOR FIRST BOOK | Finalist for the 2018 PEN/HEMINGWAY AWARD, the 2017 BARNES & NOBLE DISCOVER PRIZE and the 2017 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD

“Sensational” - The Guardian

“Utterly immersive” - Daily Mail

“There was a time I would have called Lisa Ko’s novel beautifully written, ambitious …

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780349700526
ISBN-10:0349700524
Author:Lisa Ko
Publisher:John Murray Press
Imprint:Dialogue Books
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:416
Release Date:24 April 2018
Weight:324g
Dimensions:205mm x 138mm x 26mm
What They're Saying

Critics Review

Quietly sensational … its underlying themes of displacement and deportation carry deep and desperately urgent resonances far beyond America, and fiction

Queitly sensational … its underlying themes of displacement and deportation carry deep and desperately urgent resonances far beyond America, and fiction - Guardian

Utterly immersive - Daily Mail

One of 2017’s most anticipated fiction debuts… The Leavers feels as relevant as ever as the future of immigrants in America hangs in the balance - TIME

There was a time I would have called Lisa Ko’s novel beautifully written, ambitious, and moving, and all of that is true, but it’s more than that now: if you want to understand a forgotten and essential part of the world we live in, The Leavers is required reading - Ann Patchett, author of Commonwealth

Lisa Ko’s writing is snappy, real and completely engrossing… it took my breath away - Books ft. Politics

A rich, multifaceted portrait of displacement and the trauma of not belonging - Independent

Instantly compelling - Stylist Magazine

Ambitious … Lisa Ko has taken the headlines and has reminded us that beyond them lie messy, brave, extraordinary, ordinary lives - New York Times Book Review

About The Author

Lisa Ko

Lisa Ko is the author of The Leavers, which was a 2017 National Book Award for Fiction finalist, won the 2016 PEN/Bellwether Prize for Socially Engaged Fiction, and was a finalist for the 2018 PEN/Hemingway Award. The Leavers was a national best seller and was named a ‘best book of the year’ by NPR, Entertainment Weekly, Buzzfeed, The Los Angeles Times, and others. Ko’s short fiction has appeared in Best American Short Stories and her essays and nonfiction have been published in The New York Times, The Believer, and elsewhere.

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