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Everything the Light Touches

By: Janice Pariat
Narrated by: Matt Addis, Maya Saroya, Camila Rockley, Chris Nayak
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 ‘A novel like none other’ AMITAV GHOSH ‘A masterpiece’ AVNI DOSHI ‘Wise, funny, touching’ ROBERT MACFARLANE

Winner, Sushila Devi 2023

Winner, Atta Galatta 2023 for Best Fiction

Winner, AutHer Award 2023 for Fiction

Finalist, Tata Live Award for Fiction 2023

Longlisted, 2023 JCB Prize for Literature

Shortlisted, Valley of Words Awards 2023 for English Fiction

A Best Book of 2022 in The New Yorker

Four lives, uniquely linked, in a story that journeys across continents and centuries…

For Shai, lost and drifting, a visit to her hometown in India’s Northeast offers the possibility of new ways of living.

For Evelyn, a Cambridge student, scientific inspiration guides her to the forests of the lower Himalayas and a world she has only read about.

For Johann, a German writer, travelling through Italy inspires him to develop ground-breaking ideas that will cement his place in history.

And for a young Swede, an unwavering curiosity for Earth’s natural wonders takes him on an expedition that will forever alter the way we understand the world around us.

A multi-layered literary saga bringing together people and places that seem, at first, far removed, Everything the Light Touches is a marvellous exploration of our ways of seeing, told through the eyes of four unexpectedly intertwined people.

©2022 Janice Pariat (P)2022 HarperCollins Publishers Limited Fiction Genre Fiction Historical Fiction Literary Fiction Metaphysical & Visionary Science Fiction World Literature Renaissance Heartfelt
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Really enjoyed this book, especially Shai's story, which gave me a small glimpse of Meghalaya, a place known to me through family but not really known.
I also liked the writing style and narration, which I found easily accessible to a poor reader like me. :)

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