Hard by a Great Forest by Leo Vardiashvili

*LONGLISTED FOR THE ONDAATJE PRIZE 2025** AN OBSERVER BEST NEW NOVELIST FOR 2024 ** SHORTLISTED FOR THE WILBUR SMITH ADVENTURE WRITING PRIZE 2024 *`A spellbinding achievement' FINANCIAL TIMES`Poignant and often painfully comic' OBSERVER`I gasped, laughed, and wept my way through it' KHALED HOSSEINISaba's father is missing, and the trail leads back to Tbilisi, Georgia. Arriving in a city he has not seen for more than two decades, where escaped zoo animals prowl the streets and the voices of those left behind beckon him along a path of cryptic clues, Saba embarks on a quest that will lead him into the heart of a lost homeland. This is a rare, searching tale of home, memory and sacrifice - of one family's mission to rescue one another, and put the past to rest. `Hugely impressive' NEW EUROPEAN`Novels like this might help light the way' GUARDIAN'At once a puzzle hunt and an affecting meditation on exile' ECONOMIST
Binding: Hardback