The Shadow of the Object

Name: The Shadow of the Object
ISBN: 9781529969931

by Chloe Aridjis

Booker · 2026 · Longlist

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Chatto & WindusApril 16, 2026Literary Fiction240 pagesISBN 9781529969931

Award History

Award	Year	Status	Citation
Booker Prize	2026	Longlist	“A mysterious and free-wheeling novel which moves between the real world and dream-states. We were charmed by its suggestion that the most meaningful truths can be found in the shadows.”

About This Book

A mysterious, free-wheeling novel of desire, metamorphosis, and mortality. After the family dog bites her hand, Flora is hospitalized in Mexico City and drawn into conversations that continue to alter her perception of reality when she returns to London.

About the Author

Chloe AridjisMexican-American

Chloe Aridjis is a Mexican-American novelist born in New York City in 1971. The daughter of the Mexican poet and environmentalist Homero Aridjis, she grew up in Mexico City, the Netherlands, and the United States. She studied at Harvard University and received her doctorate from Balliol College, Oxford. Read more →