Other Names for Love

A beautiful novel on the desire to leave and the hope to remain, the need to find oneself among one's people and away from them -- HISHAM MATAR, author of The Return An exceptional novel about fathers and sons, desire and love, and the long reach of the past -- SUNJEEV SAHOTA, author of China Room Such a deftly told and evocative story of duty, masculinity and desire -- KAMILA SHAMSIE, author of Home Fire A twenty-first century variation of Turgenev's Fathers and Sons... Taymour Soomro is a thrilling new addition to international literature -- YIYUN LI, author of Must I Go This haunted, haunting novel is about the cruelties we commit in our search for freedom and the bonds from which we can never be free. Taymour Soomro's piercing insight is that both the freedom and the bonds are constituent of love -- Garth Greenwell, author of CLEANNESS and WHAT BELONGS TO YOU A powerful, moving novel and an impressive debut -- MOHSIN HAMID, author of Exit West Spell-binding, like a song overheard in the night, one you follow like a map to the singer. Other Names For Love feels both new and ancient... A masterful debut -- ALEXANDER CHEE, author of Queen of the Night An elegant and affecting story about love... Other Names for Love probes the mystery of who we are by looking at the places (our homelands and wherever we flee to) and people (our parents and lovers) that forge us -- RUMAAN ALAM, author of Leave the World Behind A compact book bursting with emotion, it leaves you eager for whatever this already vastly accomplished author will do next * Daily Mail * [Soomro's] insights - into class, power, masculinity, desire, shame and filial duty - are fresh and nuanced... [he] is thrillingly attuned to the hum and growl of his characters' moods... Other Names for Love announces an author of great promise * Times Literary Supplement *