Canongate Books Paperback English
Foreign Fruit
A Personal History of the Orange
By Katie Goh
Product description
Winner of Scotland's National Book Awards for Debut Non-Fiction
Winner of the Fortnum & Mason Debut Food Book Award
Shortlisted for the Jhalak Prize 2026
A Debutiful Best Non-Fiction Book of the Year
"A bold new voice" — Irish Times
"Visceral ... I could feel every word" — Angela Hui
"Thoughtful, poetic and clear-sighted" — Cecile Pin
The orange is a souvenir of history. Across time, it has been a harbinger of God and doom, fortune and failure, pleasure and suffering. It is a fruit containing metaphors, dreams, mythologies, superstitions, parables and histories within its tough rind. So, what happens when the fruit is peeled and each segment — each moment of history, each meaning in time — is pulled apart?
In this distinct, subversive and intimate hybrid memoir, Katie Goh explores the orange as a means of understanding the world, and herself within it. What she reveals is violence, colonialism, resilience, survival, adaptation — and unexpected beauty and sweetness against all odds.
Specifications
| Product ID / ISBN / EAN | 9781837261178 |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Canongate Books |
| Format | Paperback |
| Condition | New |
| Language | English |
| Publication Date | 9 Apr 2026 |
| Number of Pages | 256 |
| Width | 13.0 cm |
| Height | 19.8 cm |
| Depth | 1.8 cm |