31 August 2023, Hatchards, Piccadilly, 6pm
Nadia Kabir Barb, Truth or Dare and Other Stories
Join us for the launch of Nadia Kabir Barb's short-story collection Truth or Dare and Other Stories at Hatchards Piccadilly, where the author will be in conversation with Awais Khan, author of No Honour
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Truth or Dare and Other StoriesNadia Kabir Barb
Right now, someone else’s life was in his hands. He couldn’t say whether it was a few seconds or minutes that they both stood staring at each other, but he had never been so scared in his life.’
In Truth or Dare we follow, spell-bound, as chance encounters bring violent pasts roaring into the present; we wait on tenterhooks as a woman sits by her husband’s hospital bed as both their lives hang in the balance; we watch anxiously as a homeless man begs a woman with her life and career stretching ahead of her not to jump to her death.
By turns comedic, heart-wrenching and moving, these stories paint powerful pictures of pain, love and empathy, and celebrate the power we have over one another. From the rain-soaked waterways of London to the bustling streets of Dhaka, Truth or Dare is a stunning collection that spans two continents and sees the best and worst in both.