Tiffany TsaoĪn ingeniously crafted debut which lets you make your own choices about where you want the story to go. an incisive commentary on the cosmopolitan condition. As far as I’m concerned, only writers of genius are able to convey a layered and nuanced world, and Paramaditha is one of them. Her stories reveal that the most terrifying thing in life is not one of the supernatural ghosts that populate her work, but human prejudice. Winner of an English PEN Translates Award, and a Heim Translation Fund Grant from PEN America Read more 'An electrifying novel about cosmopolitanism and global nomadism that keeps readers on their toes' Book Riot an incisive commentary on the cosmopolitan condition' Tiffany Tsao You may become a tourist or an undocumented migrant, a mother or a murderer, and you will meet other travellers with their own stories to tell. A pair of red shoes to take you wherever you want to go. So you make a Faustian pact with a devil, who gives you a gift, and a warning. You're desperate to escape your boring life teaching English in Jakarta, to go out and see the world.

You've grown roots, you're gathering moss. 'An ingenious choose-your-own-adventure challenge' Lauren Elkin, Guardian *The most unusual novel you will read all year, where you create your own story* The most ingenious, unique novel you will read all year, where you choose your own story as you travel across the world, from one of Asia's most exciting female writers.

Intan paramaditha the wandering