The crop of new releases for the rest of the year includes paeans to humanity, gripping adventure tales and page-turners that are wickedly suspenseful.
Leïla Menchari, The Queen of Enchantment by Actes Sud and Hermès is a book that celebrates the life and artistic career of Leïla Menchari, Hermès’ long-serving head window designer.
Shifting between the perspectives of an estranged father and his daughter, the narrative follows this reunion between strangers against a Southeast Asian landscape.
Alternating between the perspectives of a 17-year-old Nyonya girl and her strong-willed mother, the novel tells an important tale of resilience, womanhood and family admist a harrowing time in Malaya's history.
