Foreign Fruit: A Personal History of the Orange (Paperback) Katie Goh (author)

Shortlisted for the Jhalak Prose Prize 2026

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.

Publisher information
Publisher: Canongate Books
ISBN: 9781837261178
Number of pages: 256
Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 15 mm
Weight: 180 g
Language: English
Edition: Main