A Flat Place : Hamish Hamilton : 9780241544051 : 024154405X : 27 Apr 2023 : SHORTLISTED FOR THE SUNDAY TIMES YOUNG WRITER OF THE YEAR AWARD 2024 SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2024 SHORTLISTED FOR THE JHALAK PRIZE 2024 SHORTLISTED FOR THE ONDAATJE PRIZE 2024 BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023 ACCORDING TO THE GUARDIAN, SUNDAY TIMES, NEW YORKER Raw and radical, strange and beguiling - a love letter to Britain's breathtaking flatlands, from Orford Ness to Orkney, and a reckoning with the painful, hidden histories they contain 'Expansive, arresting, with sly humour... Masud establishes herself as a significant chronicler of personal and national experience' Financial Times 'Noreen Masud fathoms the depths of flat landscapes - sharp, subtle and very moving' Robert Macfarlane 'Haunting and generous, beautifully written - this book is a gift' Preti Taneja 'A Flat Place reminds us that there is hope in the smallest of gestures' Sara Ahmed Noreen Masud has always loved flatlands. H