Flashlight
£9.99
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After walking along a Japanese beach with her father, ten-year-old Louisa falls asleep. When she wakes hours later, her father has vanished, presumed drowned. The far-reaching repercussions of his disappearance drive this intelligent and emotionally resonant novel.
Dimensions
20cm (8in) x 13cm (5in)
Features
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After walking along a Japanese beach with her father, ten-year-old Louisa falls asleep. When she wakes hours later, her father has vanished, presumed drowned. The far-reaching repercussions of his disappearance drive this intelligent and emotionally resonant novel.
Details & Care
- Publisher: Penguin Vintage
- Soft cover
- Number of pages: 528 pages
- ISBN: 9781529932515
- Shortlisted for the Booker Prize 2025
- Shortlisted for Women’s Fiction Prize 2026
Insights
American author Susan Choi has won the National Book Award for Fiction, the Asian American Literary Award for Fiction, the PEN/W. G. Sebald Award and a Lambda Literary Award and has been a finalist for the Booker Prize and the Pulitzer Prize. ‘Flashlight’ began as a short story and received the Sunday Times Short Story Award.
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