Hard by a Great Forest - Classic Novel for Nature Lovers | Perfect for Book Clubs, Literary Gifts & Wilderness Enthusiasts

Author: Vardiashvili, Leo

Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Published on 30 January 2025 by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC in the United Kingdom.

Paperback / softback | 352 pages
198 x 129 | 0g

* 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 ¨C 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