Watersong (Paperback)

‘Goenawan’s chilling latest delivers one startling revelation after another … Goenawan sustains a fast pace all the way to a shocking and satisfying conclusion. This author continues to impress.’ - Publishers Weekly

‘There is a lot of style … this author will indeed have a long career.’ - Joe Horgan, Irish Examiner

‘Watersong transports the reader to worlds both familiar and unknown. Clarissa Goenawan’s crisp narration and vivid characters made this novel feel like a lingering dream. This is an intriguing and soul-stirring story about how we reconcile with our pasts.’ - Balli Kaur Jaswal, author of The Unlikely Adventures of the Shergill Sisters

‘Haunting, dreamy, and deeply atmospheric, Watersong is a jewel box of a novel, spilling forth with stories within stories, each a perfect, gleaming tribute to lost love, past secrets, and the enduring quest for human connection amidst it all.’ - Kirstin Chen, author of Soy Sauce for Beginners

‘An atmospheric mystery, elegantly told.’ - Winnie M. Li, author of Dark Chapter

‘A compelling novel … Watersong is a captivating and nuanced exploration of love.’ - Akina Hansen, Good Reading Magazine

‘[T]ruly magnificent. It touches the soul while exploring the cognitive aspects that have lingered behind certain elements of society … Truly a work of art … Watersong will be one that must be considered as a top contender for memorability, and characterisation of the highest degree.’ - Chris Reed, NZ Booklovers

Praise for The Perfect World of Miwako Sumida: ‘[A] complex, interpersonal mystery … [A] tremendous examination of sadness … [A] book with heart about the mysteries of the heart.’ - Benjamin Welton, New York Journal of Books

Praise for The Perfect World of Miwako Sumida ‘An offbeat, tender exploration of the secrets we keep from others … Goenawan is clearly a talented and creative storyteller … She excels at suspense, keeping the reader guessing with left-field plot developments and forays into magic realism that somehow seem in keeping with realities on the ground.’ - The Irish Times

Praise for The Perfect World of Miwako Sumida: ‘Vivid and intriguing — an elegantly cryptic, poetically plotted Murakami-esque whydunit.’ - Sharlene Teo, author of Ponti