The Road to the Salt Sea is the forthcoming debut novel from Nigerian writer Samuel Kọ́láwọlé likened to the works of Omar El Akkad and Mohsin Hamid’s. Set to release on July 2 from Amistad Press, the novel follows a lowly hotel worker whose life collides with a sex work and a dangerous guest. Throughout Kọ́láwọlé explores the Nigerian class system and how fate and fortune are fickle things.
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See the cover for Your Presence is Mandatory by Sasha Vasilyuk
Your Presence is Mandatory by Sasha Vasilyuk is a historical novel about a Ukrainian WWII veteran and a secret that could tear him and his family apart. Based on real events, Vasilyuk’s debut spans decades and two different totalitarian regimes while tenderly crafting a character-driven story.
Coming April 23 from Bloomsbury Publishing, we talked to the author about the subtle and gorgeous cover design. The author grew up reading books in the Soviet Union where covers had no design whatsoever. Vasilyuk didn’t want a barren cover but didn’t want something completely bare either. She ended up sending Bloomsbury the illustration that showed tanks rolling past apartment buildings that accompanied her New York Times op-ed about her family to show the foreboding mood she thought would work best as the cover.
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Chin-Sun Lee’s Upcountry, coming via Unnamed Press on November 7, 2023, is about three women in the Catskills navigating a new life none expected. Claire and her husband left New York City and purchased April’s foreclosed home, which causes tension between them. Claire’s husband leaves her for the younger Anna, who is in a religious cult. However, she is eventually shunned by them due to her new beau’s actions.
When it came time to design the cover, Lee had no idea what what to expect.
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