Happiness

Waterloo Bridge, London is a novel by Aminatta Forna that was shortlisted for the RSL Ondaatje Prize 2019 and the Jhalak Prize 2019. It follows the story of Attila, a Ghanaian psychiatrist, and Jean, an American studying the habits of urban foxes, who collide in London and join forces to search for Attila's 'niece, Ama, who has been swept up in an immigration crackdown and her young son Tano is missing. The novel explores themes of love, loss, grief, and the hidden side of a teeming metropolis, and is praised for Forna's compelling voice and ability to summon atmosphere and create a sense of lasting beauty.

\n Format: Paperback / softback
\n Length: 320 pages
\n Publication date: 21 February 2019
\n Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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Fornas voice is relentlessly compelling, her ability to summon an atmosphere of extraordinary beauty and depth is truly remarkable. A thing of lasting beauty, her novel is a testament to the power of storytelling and the capacity of literature to transport readers to new worlds and perspectives.

OBSERVER SHORTLISTED FOR THE RSL ONDAATJE PRIZE 2019, SHORTLISTED FOR THE JHALAK PRIZE 2019, Waterloo Bridge, London. Two strangers collide. Attila, a Ghanaian psychiatrist, and Jean, an American studying the habits of urban foxes. From this chance encounter in the midst of the rush of a great city, numerous moments of connection span out and interweave, bringing disparate lives together.

Attila has arrived in London with two tasks: to deliver a keynote speech on trauma and to check up on the daughter of friends, his niece, Ama, who hasnt called home in a while. It soon emerges that she has been swept up in an immigration crackdown – and now her young son Tano is missing. When, by chance, Attila bumps into Jean again, she joins him in his search for Tano, mobilizing into action the network she has built up, mainly from the many West African immigrants working Londons myriad streets, of volunteer fox-spotters: security guards, hotel doormen, traffic wardens. All unite to help, and as the search continues, a deepening friendship between Attila and Jean unfolds.

In this delicate yet powerful novel of loves lost and new, of past griefs and of the hidden side of a teeming metropolis, Aminatta Forna asks us to consider the values of the society we live in, our co-existence with one another and all living creatures – and the true nature of happiness.

Entering Fornas sweeping universe transports you to a place that feels familiar, but also totally feral and full of surprises.

FINANCIAL TIMES Happiness is a great pleasure to read.

\n Weight: 234g\n
Dimension: 129 x 197 x 22 (mm)\n
ISBN-13: 9781408893289\n \n