| Record Number |
846435 |
| ISBN |
9781787301184 (paperback) |
| Author |
Paramaditha, Intan, 1979- author. |
| Title |
The wandering : a red shoes adventure / Intan Paramaditha ; translated from the Indonesian by Stephen J. Epstein. |
| Publisher/Date |
London : Harvill Secker, 2020. |
| ©2020 |
| Pagination etc. |
436 pages ; 22 cm |
| Contents note |
First published with the title Gentayangan: Pilih sendiri petualangan sepatu merahmu in Indonesia by Gramedia Pusaka Utama in 2017. |
| Summary Note |
You've grown roots, you're gathering moss. You're desperate to escape your boring life teaching English in Jakarta, to go out and see the world. So you make a Faustian pact with a devil, who gives you a gift, and a warning. A pair of red shoes to take you wherever you want to go. You're forever wandering, everywhere and nowhere, but where is your home? And where will you choose to go? To New York, to follow your dreams? To Berlin or Amsterdam? Lima or Tijuana? Or onto a train that will never stop? The choices you make about which pages to turn to may mean you'll become a tourist or an undocumented migrant, a mother or a murderer, and you will meet many travellers with their own stories to tell. As your paths cross and intertwine, you'll soon realise that no story is ever new. |
| Language note |
Translated from the Indonesian. |
| Subject |
English teachers -- Fiction |
| Shoes -- Fiction |
| Choice (Psychology) -- Fiction |
| Voyages and travels -- Fiction |
| Interpersonal relations -- Fiction |
| Magic -- Fiction |
| Jakarta Barat (Indonesia) -- Fiction |
| Added Author |
Epstein, Stephen J., 1962- translator. |
| Shelf Location |
F PARA |
