'Leïla Slimani has a knack for breaking taboos.' TIMES
'Slimani is a fearless writer.' EVENING STANDARD

Q: If your house was burning down, what would you take with you?
A: I'd take the fire.

This is the story of two sisters, Mia and Inés. Two girls enveloped in love, trapped by the social conventions of Casablanca at the dawn of the twenty-first century and silenced by the political 'truths' that envelop their lives.

Mia – the eldest, a warrior and a pariah, her sexuality a matter of scorn, something to be erased.

Inés – the youngest, a woman trying to carve out an identity in a Paris that derides and erases her, with no way back to Morocco, a homeland to which her father has warned her never to return, for her own sake.

As these sisters struggle to find a home – a place of safety and love that holds rather than binds – their lives as framed by their mothers and grandmothers before them will be a battle for their hearts and souls, and one they take on with every sinew of their being.

'We feel deeply for the family caught in the middle of the conflict of history.' SALMAN RUSHDIE, on The Country of Others

‘A revelation – I have never felt more seen by a book, nor have I been so gripped’
KATY HESSEL

‘An engaging meditation’
DAILY TELEGRAPH

In 2019, Leïla Slimani was commissioned by her editor to spend a sleepless night alone in a museum and to document the experience. Here, we find her grappling with the thoughts and ideas that emerge from her solitude as she walks the halls of the Punta della Dogana in Venice, interrogating her life as a woman, a writer and a daughter. In a space where old meets new, she beholds her past and present; surrounded by art, she explores what it means to behold and clasp beauty; enveloped by night, she confronts the meaning of life and death.

‘Engrossing.’ Mail on Sunday
‘A powerful and compelling family saga.’ CHRISTINE MANGAN
‘Beautifully atmospheric.’ Financial Times

FROM THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF LULLABY

Morocco, 1968. The air is electric. Anything feels possible, and Mathilde is determined to celebrate it. Doesn’t she have the right to enjoy life, after dedicating her best years to the war and then to this farm?

Looking out at her elegant garden, Mathilde reflects on all she has achieved. Now in a newly independent country intoxicated by its own sense of freedom, she yearns for a radiant future.

But her babies are now grown up, and Mathilde is about to learn that life can take wild and unexpected turns.

Acclaim for The Country of Others:

‘A panoramic, ambitious tale.’ The Times
‘Exceptional.’ SALMAN RUSHDIE
‘Captivating.’ Elle
‘ I loved it and didn’t want it to end.’ CLAIRE MESSUD
‘As wild and lush as a wildflower meadow.’ Observer

1944. After the Liberation, Mathilde leaves France to join her husband in Morocco.

But life here is unrecognisable to this brave and passionate young woman. Her life is now that of a farmer’s wife – with all the sacrifices and vexations that brings. Suffocated by the heat, by her loneliness on the farm and by the mistrust she inspires as a foreigner, Mathilde grows increasingly restless.

As Morocco’s struggle for independence intensifies, Mathilde and her husband find themselves caught in the crossfire.

From the internationally bestselling author, The Country of Others is perfect for fans of Elena Ferrante, Tracy Chevalier, and Maggie O’Farrell.

‘Riveting.’ Evening Standard

‘Explosive.’ Mail on Sunday

‘Thrilling.’ Sunday Times

‘A must-read.’ Vogue

Her obsessions devour her. She is helpless to stop them…

Adèle has a seemingly enviable life. She is a respected journalist, living in a flawless Paris apartment with her surgeon husband and their young son. But beneath the veneer of ‘having it all’, Adèle is bored. She begins to orchestrate her life around one-night stands and extramarital affairs, arriving late to work and lying to her husband about where she’s been, until her compulsions threaten to consume her altogether.

THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER
A RICHARD AND JUDY PICK
WINNER OF THE DEBUT NOVEL OF THE YEAR AT THE BRITISH BOOK AWARDS
A SUNDAY TIMES TOP 100 NOVEL OF THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY

‘Creepy, shocking, compulsive’ The Times, BOOKS OF THE YEAR
‘Unnerving, addictive.’ Grazia
‘The smartest thriller you’ll read this year.’ Independent

The baby is dead. It took only a few seconds.

When Myriam, a brilliant lawyer, decides to return to work, she and her husband look for a nanny for their two young children. They never dreamed they would find Louise: a quiet, polite and devoted woman who sings to their children, cleans the family’s chic Paris apartment, stays late without complaint and hosts enviable birthday parties. But as the couple and their nanny become more and more dependent on each other, jealousy, resentment and suspicions increase, until Myriam and Paul’s idyllic domesticity is shattered . . .

What readers are saying:

***** ‘Haunting. . . I will be pressing it into the hands of anyone who passes me.’
***** ‘Shocking, daring, and utterly compelling.’
***** ‘It had me hooked right from the start.’

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