Moth

The powerful story of a family attempting to hold themselves together through the heartbreak of Partition

By: Melody Razak

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Paperback | 9 June 2022 | Edition Number 1

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352 Pages

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2.3 x 13.2 x 19.8

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ONE OF THE OBSERVER'S 'TEN DEBUT NOVELISTS' OF 2021

Delhi, 1946.

Ma and Bappu are liberal intellectuals teaching at the local university. Their fourteen year-old daughter - precocious, headstrong Alma - is soon to be married: Alma is mostly interested in her wedding shoes and in spinning stories for her beloved younger sister Roop.

Times are bad for girls in India. The long-awaited independence from British rule is heralding a new era of hope, but political unrest is brewing, threatening to unravel the rich tapestry of Delhi - a city where different cultures have co-existed for centuries.

When Partition happens and the British Raj is fractured overnight, this wonderful family is violently torn apart and its members are forced to find new ways to survive.

But the resilience of the human spirit is an extraordinary thing...

About the Author

Melody Razak is a British Iranian fiction writer from London, with an MA in Creative Writing from Birkbeck. She has had short stories published in the Mechanics Institute Review, the Bath Short Story Anthology and the Brick Lane Short Story Prize. Before she started writing, she owned treacle&co, a cafe in Brighton and more recently worked in the kitchens of Honey and Co in London as a pastry chef.

She is currently living in Brighton. Moth is her debut novel.

Industry Reviews

'Powerful and heartbreaking'
Observer

'Gripping... Razak painstakingly paints a portrait of a family; their rituals, their private languages, their shared lives'
The Times

'Both a heartbreaking and heart-warming story, Melody Razak's debut transports the reader into the home of a Brahmin family in 1940s Delhi... The character portrayal is so intricate that as the plot twists and turns, you'll truly care what happens to them'
Independent

'Assured and powerful'
Harper's Bazaar

'One of the best debuts I've ever read. It made my heart swell'
Sarah Winman author of Tin Man and Still Life

'A stunning, powerful work by a brave new voice in British fiction'
Anna Hope author of Expectation

'Powerful and moving... Every character springs from the page'
Clare Chambers author of Small Pleasures

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