So Distant from My Life

Shortlisted, 2023 ALTA National Translation Award One of the Observer’s fiction picks for 2022 Winner, PEN Heim award 'To deter me, my uncle spoke to me about roots. A line of argument that I found absurd. Even plants are intelligent enough to grow around stones, seeking the best soil for their roots underground.' Jeanphi, a young man from the fictional West African city Ouabany, has one obsession that will determine the fate of his life – migration. He scrapes together money to take the il...