| Publisher, Dialogue Books, on Everest:
“What happens when you reach Everest’s peak? Is it everything you dreamed?
“In a magnetic follow-up to Winter Animals, Ashani Lewis’ debut collection takes a kaleidoscopic approach to desire – its obsessions, its grotesque demands and the distance it creates between us – and the strange things we stubbornly, hopefully, desperately expect from our lives.
“A dying woman dedicates her life to Antarctic ice; an All-American star longs for a romance that defies convention – to the detriment of his carefully curated reputation; a woman seeking her exes’ opinions on a breast augmentation takes us on a whirlwind tour of the complicated, intertwined lives of urbanites; a singer prepares for her film debut, pushing her humanity to its limits at an unusual acting school; a newlywed couple put their marriage to the ultimate test: Everest.
“In these twenty-one striking stories, Lewis creates a stark world of fleeting infatuations, violent compulsions, unexpected solace and the sombre ghost of memories.”
Rave reviews for Ashani Lewis:
‘Excellent . . . Ashani Lewis is superbly talented.’ Katherine Rundell
‘A talented writer . . . Winter Animals is a dreamlike, piercing examination of privilege, youth and freedom.’ Cecile Pin, author of Wandering Souls
‘A glittering, dark-edged tale of snow, hedonism, passion, friendship and squatting that explores what happens when a group of rich kids attempt to live out their questionable utopian ideals. Exhilarating and fabulous, I raced through it.’ Priscilla Morris, author of Black Butterflies |
