The Incarnations

Reads as China’s Midnight’s Children. Utterly remarkable * The Independent *
An extraordinary novel. Erudite, intriguing and compulsively readable, THE INCARNATIONS takes the reader on an intimate and mesmerizing journey through Chinese history. Susan Barker, a born story-teller, has written one of the most remarkable novels of recent years. – JOHN BOYNE
A thrilling journey through a thousand years of obsession and betrayal and a vivid tapestry of the individual’s struggle against the tyranny of history, this is the most extraordinary work of imagination you’ll read all year – ADAM JOHNSON, WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTION 2013
A brilliant, mind-expanding and wildly original novel – CHRIS CLEAVE
What a ferociously talented writer Susan Barker is. The Incarnations is a hallucinatory ride. Highly recommend – ANNA HOPE, Author of WAKE
Remarkable - ambitious in scope, painstakingly researched and most importantly, a gripping read. * Publishing Perspectives *
Letters from someone who claims to have known him for 1,000 years unsettle a cabbie. * The Observer *
A MUST-READ - July picks * Marie-Claire Magazine *
Ambitious in scope, scholarly in depth, and absolutely rivetting …Sure to make an impact and she deserves all the praise - and most likely prize(s) - that will follow. * South China Post *
Light and often witty …There is tragedy, though perhaps not where the reader expects it, but there is also hope. * China *

Susan Barker grew up in east London and lives in Manchester where she is senior lecturer in Creative Writing at Manchester Metropolitan University. She is the author of SAYONARA BAR, THE ORIENTALIST AND THE GHOST and THE INCARNATIONS which was a New York Times Notable Book, a Kirkus Reviews’ Top Ten Book of the Year and shortlisted for the Kirkus Prize for Fiction.

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