PREETA SAMARASAN
Monday, May 19 at 7:30 p.m.

Co-presented with CHAYA and the JACKSON SCHOOL OF INTERNATIONAL STUDIES, UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON. We're delighted a welcome a second Malaysian author in less than a week, Preeta Samarasan, who is here with one of the most anticipated debuts of the year, the capacious novel Evening is the Whole Day (Houghton Mifflin). "Set on the outskirts of Ipoh in Malaysia, Samarasan's impressive debut chronicles another bad year in the Big House on Kingfisher Lane ... Skillfully jumping from one consciousness to another, Samarasan moves back in time to reveal the secrets that have led to the family's unraveling ... the language bursts with energy, and Samarasan has a sure hand juggling so many distinct characters." – Publishers Weekly. "A magical, exuberant, tragicomic vision of post-colonial Malaysia reminiscent of Rushdie and Roy. The debut of a significant and thrilling new talent." – Peter Ho Davies. En route to the novel's publication, Preeta Samarasan received honors, including the prestigious Hopwood Novel Award.

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