The Instant (Moment)

In Amy Liptrot's debut novel, The Pasture, her heroine left London for a northern Scottish island. In her new book, it's the opposite: she returns to the urban jungle, hoping to overcome loneliness and find love. But even in the city—this time, Berlin—she's drawn to an in-depth exploration of the local fauna: armed with binoculars, she searches for Berlin hawks, crows, and raccoons. The search for wildlife in the big city and online dating are the core narrative threads of this frank autofiction novel.