For fans of American War and Cloud Atlas, a hauntingly beautiful and prescient debut novel set in a future where a renamed China is the sole global superpower and citizens can record and transfer memories between minds.When I was a boy, my mother used to tell me stories of a world before memories could be shared between strangers . . .In a far-off future ruled by the Qin Empire, every citizen is fitted with a Mindbank, an intracra...

For fans of American War and Cloud Atlas, a hauntingly beautiful and prescient debut novel set in a future where a renamed China is the sole global superpower and citizens can record and transfer memories between minds.When I was a boy, my mother used to tell me stories of a world before memories could be shared between strangers . . .In a far-off future ruled by the Qin Empire, every citizen is fitted with a Mindbank, an intracra...

Writers shortlisted for the Guardian 4th Estate BAME Short Story Prize read their shortlisted storiesCollected here are the six best stories chosen by the judging panel of the Guardian 4th Estate BAME short story prize 2018.In them you’ll encounter a range of lives and situations: an armless swimmer representing Cultural Revolution China in the Paralympic Games; an encounter between a young girl and a misanthropic B&B owner in the wake of the Grenfell tower fire; a schoolgi...