Ponti
19 April 2018
Imprint: Picador
Synopsis
Shortlisted for the Edward Stanford Fiction with a Sense of Place Award.
Longlisted for the Jhalak Prize.
'Remarkable . . . her characters glow with life and humour' Ian McEwan
2003. Singapore. Friendless and fatherless, sixteen-year-old Szu lives in the shadow of her mother Amisa, once a beautiful actress and now a hack medium performing séances with her sister in a rusty house....
Details
19 April 2018
304 pages
9781509855315
Imprint: Picador
Reviews
Remarkable . . . With brilliant descriptive power and human warmth, Sharlene Teo summons the darker currents of modernity . . . her characters glow with life and humour and minutely observed desperationIan McEwan
A radiant, achingly beautiful novel about relationships between womenMegan Hunter, author of The End We Start From
A triumph: a nuanced examination of betrayal and grief, memory and the corrupting effects of beautySunday Times
With its thoughtful plot and vibrant prose, Ponti is one of the more assured debuts I’ve read recently . . . Too many first novels coast along on a fad-like buzz rather than the promise of a genuine upward trajectory, but everything about Ponti suggests it’s the rare, real deal and Teo’s a writer we’ll be reading for many years to come.Financial Times