The wandering : a red shoes adventure / Intan Paramaditha ; translated from the Indonesian by Stephen J. Epstein.
Publication details: London : Vintage, 2021.Description: 436 pages ; 20 cmISBN:- 9781784709808 (paperback)
- Gentayangan. English.
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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. Turn the page and make your choice. You may become a tourist or an undocumented migrant, a mother or a murderer, and you will meet other travellers with their own stories to tell. Freedom awaits but borders are real. And no story is ever new.
Translated from the Indonesian.