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Susan Barker

Biography

Susan Barker

Susan Barker is the author of SAYONARA BAR and THE ORIENTALIST AND THE GHOST, both longlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize. She grew up in East London with a Chinese-Malyasian mother and a British father, and studied creative writing at the University of Manchester. She spent several years living in Beijing while working on THE INCARNATIONS and currently lives in the UK.

Susan Barker

Books by Susan Barker

by Susan Barker - Fiction

Who are you? you must be wondering. I am your soulmate, your old friend, and I have come back to this city of sixteen million in search of you. So begins the first letter that falls into Wang’s lap as he flips down the visor in his taxi. The letters that follow are filled with the stories of his previous lives. As the letters continue to appear seemingly out of thin air, Wang becomes convinced that someone is watching him --- someone who claims to have known him for over a thousand years. And with each letter, he feels the watcher growing closer and closer.