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Wandering Souls

Cecile Pin

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English
Fourth Estate Ltd
05 July 2023
LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN’S PRIZE FOR FICTION

‘A mighty achievement’ OCEAN VUONG

‘Beautiful, brilliant’ R. F. KUANG

‘Dazzling’ OBSERVER

‘Will shatter your heart’ GLAMOUR

‘Powerful’ SUNDAY TIMES

An extraordinary story of the journey of one young family through love, loss and unwavering hope.

There are the goodbyes and then the fishing out of the bodies – everything in between is speculation.

One night, not long after the last American troops leave Vietnam, siblings Anh, Thanh and Minh flee their village and embark on a perilous journey in hope of a new life. Separated from their parents and fearing the worst they find themselves travelling alone in the world without a home to return to. After a twist of fate lands them in Thatcher’s Britain, they must somehow build new lives there. Will the love they have for each other be enough to keep them together?

Wandering Souls is a stunning, life-affirming testament to the healing power of stories.

A Time and Guardian book of the year

Shortlisted for the Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize 2023

‘Poignant and lyrical’ DAVID NICHOLLS

‘A powerful story of courage, love and unwavering hope’ MARIE CLAIRE

‘Beautiful… I loved every word’ PHILIPPA PERRY

‘A deeply affecting reckoning with history’ i-D

‘Tells one of the most important stories of our times’ LUCY CALDWELL

‘Special … Reading it is like watching a writer at work’ NEW YORK TIMES
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Imprint:   Fourth Estate Ltd
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 222mm,  Width: 141mm,  Spine: 25mm
Weight:   370g
ISBN:   9780008528775
ISBN 10:   0008528772
Pages:   256
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Cecile Pin grew up in Paris and New York City before moving to London at 18 to study philosophy at University College London, followed by an MA at King's College London. She is currently editorial assistant at Jonathan Cape. She also writes for Bad Form Review, was longlisted for its Young Writer's prize and is a London Writers Awards 2021 winner.

Reviews for Wandering Souls

'I raced through it. Beautiful, brilliant, unflinching' Rebecca F. Kuang, author of Babel and Yellowface 'This lean, affecting book packs a mighty punch and heralds a dazzling new talent' Observer 'Powerful ... a bold debut that breaks new ground' Sunday Times 'A deeply humane and genre-defying work of love and uncompromising hope through a long-overdue portrayal of Vietnamese life in the UK' Ocean Vuong, author of On Earth, We're Briefly Gorgeous 'A heartbreaking novel ... a deeply affecting reckoning with history' i-D Magazine 'A poignant saga with its grieving, beating heart firmly in the right place, and heralds the arrival of an ambitious and promising new talent' Guardian 'A powerful story of courage, love and unwavering hope' Marie Claire 'Something special - a polyvocal novel, an essay on inherited trauma and a quiet metafiction about telling stories we don't own' New York Times 'Meticulously researched and beautifully imagined ... deeply affecting' Tash Aw, author of We, the Survivors 'As relevant now as it ever was. You won't get through this without your heart breaking' AnOther 'Deeply moving and deeply generous ... I cried reading it' Yara Rodrigues Fowler, author of there are more things 'A searing, sweeping and intimate story of such heart and scope' Rachel Long, author of My Darling from the Lions 'Historical epic Wandering Souls ... [offers] a very different take on the immigrant experience' Vogue


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