Stubborn Archivist by Yara Rodrigues Fowler is a story that takes place in Britain and Brazil, following an unnamed narrator as she navigates her ethnic and cultural identity and a sense of belonging to both cultures. While the novel is narrated primarily from the from the point of view of the protagonist, other female voices, members of the narrator’s family, also narrate their stories to create a wider picture of a family. Stubborn Archivist is one of those novels that you can’t easily put a label on: to some Stubborn Archivist may be a #MeToo novel while to others it’s a mother-daughter story or a bicultural identity narrative; the undeniable link is, of course, the female protagonist whose voice comes through beautifully. The novel ends mid-sentence, perhaps indicative of the unfinished nature of her life story. We spoke to Yara Rodrigues Fowler about her brilliant debut and the ways it pushes the boundaries of storytelling. - Sumaiyya Naseem