Elisa Shua Dusapin Books In Order

Publication Order of Standalone Novels

Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas

Elisa Shua Dusapin is a published French author.

She was born in France on October 23, 1992. She grew up in Paris as well as Seoul and Switzerland. Her debut novel is titled Winter in Sokcho. It was released in 2016 and was given the Prix Robert Walser Award as well as the Prix Régine Desforges. The book was also a finalist for The National Book Award. It has done well and has been translated into six languages.

Elisa’s novel The Pachinko Parlour also did well and was given the Swiss Literature Prize.

Vladivostok Circus is a 2024 book by Elisa Shua Dusapin. If you have been searching for something interesting to read that is a little outside of your normal reads, check this one out!

A trio in Vladivostok is training at the Russian helm in the deserted enclosure of a circus that is between seasons. Nino is young enough to be Anton’s son, but both of them are able to perform the magic that is making Anna fly.

They are getting ready to attend an international competition held in Ulan-Ude. There are looking to go for four triple somersaults that they accomplish without ever stepping off of the bar. If Anna cannot trust the wearers, she will fall and may never be able to get up again.

You can still smell the animals that used to be there and are there no longer. The light gets paler and the distance between each of them gets smaller as the story picks up. In this novel, the author brings the readers her practice of the art of silence paired with tension and softness and brings images that are able to make the world easier to see to us without giving up its secret. Grab a copy of this book to see what you think of it in a unique read that could be done by no other writer other than Elisa Shua Dusapin.

The Old Fire is a 2026 novel by Elisa Shua Dusapin. This book is the portrayal of secrets, family, and silence, all put up against the backdrop of a house that is falling down located in the French countryside. It’s a great pick if you’re a fan of the authors Elena Ferrante or Katie Kitamura.

Many readers and authors have read and loved this book, such as the National Book Award recipient and author Tess Gunty, who praised the book’s ability to ‘transport you to an ancient and wild place’.

It has been fifteen years since she has been back home, but Agathe has decided that it is time to go back. She leaves New York and returns to her French countryside home since she has a reason to– her father has passed away.

It has been as many years that it took her to go back that she has last seen her sister Véra. Now they are dealing with the own weight of their lives, which have become fairly complicated. Their father has now died and they are going to have to deal with the aftermath, which includes taking on their childhood home.

The house is on the outskirts of a country estate that has been greatly affected by a fire close by. They’re going to have to deal with it before it is knocked down and have only nine days that have been given to them to do it. Going through everything is going to be a task that is easier said than done as they go through a bunch of belongings that belong to a lifetime, sifting through old memories. But as they do, the sisters are finding that old feelings from the past are starting to come to the surface.

An incredible work that is evocative and haunting as it is tense and at times tender, this is a novel that is going to move readers. As it goes into memory and time and family and belonging, it is also a look at what is unsaid and what is not answered, the secrets that linger, and whether you are ever really able to go home once more.

Others have found this work to be interesting and worth a look as well. This includes author Alexandra Kleeman, who called Dusapin’s writing and talent ‘a thrill to behold’. Author Aysegül Savas has called this a ‘touching, mysterious novel’. Check out this story and see what you think!