Fifteen years on from The Chronology of Water, an exploration of storytelling as a source of healing.

‘[A] quicksilver, expansive exploration of grief and hauntings.’ - Vanity Fair

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Akoya is dedicated to literature that celebrates courageous, visionary and innovative writing.

An acclaimed composer and a Nobel Prize-winning novelist in a fascinating exchange about the power of music.

'The trust you (and I) have in Bach can be brought to any painting or poem or piece of music: trust it, and it may give up its secrets.'

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'Akoya is grounded in the belief that literature is one of the most powerful ways of changing the world. We embrace literary works of art that delve into themes of existentialism, morality, human nature, identity and societal structures.'

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'Hafni says is close to perfection.' Catherine Taylor, Irish Times

‘This is the saddest, strangest, realest road trip book I've ever read.’ Polly Barton, author of What Am I, A Deer?

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