
China Room (Hardback)
Sunjeev Sahota (author)- Coming soon

From late 1920s Punjab to 1990s Britain, China Room chronicles a heart-breaking and expansive family story that explores oppression, love and the search for freedom in different historical and cultural climates.
'A gorgeous, gripping read' Kamila Shamsie
'A stunning novel, I'm blown away by it. I was gripped from the first page to the last.' Tessa Hadley
'Such a thrilling combination of beauty and heartbreak. It's breathtaking.' Charlotte Mendelson
A multigenerational novel of love, oppression, trauma and the pursuit of freedom, inspired in part by the author's own family history, China Room twines together the stories of a woman and a man separated by more than half a century but united by blood.
Mehar, a young bride in rural 1929 Punjab, is trying to discover the identity of her new husband. She and her sisters-in-law, married to three brothers in a single ceremony, spend their days hard at work in the family's 'china room', sequestered from contact with the men. When Mehar develops a theory as to which of them is hers, a passion is ignited that will put more than one life at risk.
Spiralling around Mehar's story is that of a young man who in 1999 travels from England to the now-deserted farm, its 'china room' locked and barred. In enforced flight from the traumas of his adolescence - his experiences of addiction, racism, and estrangement from the culture of his birth - he spends a summer in painful contemplation and recovery, before finally finding the strength to return home.
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
ISBN: 9781911215851
Number of pages: 320
Weight: 500 g
Dimensions: 222 x 138 x 40 mm
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