Tara Menon

Under Water

Shortlisted for the Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize 2026. Sprachen: Englisch. 23,3 cm / 15,2 cm / 2,0 cm ( B/H/T )
Buch (Softcover), 224 Seiten
EAN 9781398549166
Veröffentlicht März 2026
Verlag/Hersteller Simon + Schuster UK
€ 20,50 inkl. MwSt.
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A BBC RADIO 2 BOOK CLUB PICK  BBC CULTURE 'BOOKS TO LOOK OUT FOR IN 2026' A VOGUE BEST DEBUT 2026 'Profoundly moving' Elif Shafak 'The horrors of 2004 are told with verve in this debut about a woman haunted by survivor guilt . . . there are stunning descriptions of island wildlife . . . Tara Menon tells the story with confidence and style' Sunday Times A stunning and deeply moving literary debut of grief, loss and female friendship, set against the backdrop of two cataclysmic natural events. When six-year-old Marissa loses her mother, she is taken by her father to live on a small Thai island in the Andaman Sea. There, she forms a deep friendship with Arielle and together they explore the fragile wonders of its forests, reefs, and beaches. Holding their breath for minutes at a time, they learn to dive into the deep, as effortlessly synchronized as the manta rays they come to know by name. Then, on Boxing Day 2004, when the Indian Ocean tsunami makes landfall, they are swept up by the first wave and separated. Eight years later, Marissa is living in New York. She spends her days wandering through the city and her nights seeking solace in the beds of strangers. As the city prepares for a devastating storm, Marissa reflects on her past and learns how to sustain herself in a precarious world. Under Water is a story about friendship and grief, but also ecological change and natural disasters. It is a meditation on loss, a tribute to our dying oceans and forests, and a love letter to the disappearing coral reefs. ____ Readers love Under Water 'A beautiful read. Haunting and visceral and profound, magical and tragic, but mostly very, very well written' 'I loved it' 'This is writing of the highest order and it will reward focussed reading. Definitely one of this year's best reads so far' 'Highly, highly recommended' 'Beautiful and devastating' 'I loved this, even though it made me cry!' 'The best books change my perception, bring something I thought I knew into a different light. This is one of those'

Portrait

Tara Menon is an Associate Professor in the Department of English at Harvard University. Her writing has appeared in the New York Times Book Review, Nation, Paris Review and Public Books, where she co-edits the Literary Fiction section. Tara was born in India, grew up in Singapore, spent a decade in New York, and currently lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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