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Below is novelist and essayistMaaza Mengistes list.
She brings Black women and girls to life in a way that is deeply empathetic and fiercely intelligent.
Im enthralled by her gift for combining historical research with evocative imaginative leaps.
Her writing in this book is a profound act of reclamation, and a simply stunning read.
It is a masterpiece, and a cautionary tale for our times.
Her rendering of Mustafa al-Zamoris voice reads pitch-perfect.
The historical details are astonishing for their precision and accuracy.
This is a breathtaking work of the imagination.
And Im proud to call Laila Lalami my friend.
We met before either of us had ever been published, in a summer writing workshop.
Perceptive, revelatory, and skillfully written, it is a must-read.
Everyone who knows me knows how much I love and admire this transcendent book.
I often like to say that the main character is a house.
And it is also one character who appears through out, who barely utters a word.
Translated expertly by Susan Bernofsky, this novel is mind-blowing.
Who says that girls should be seen and not heard?
Whats wrong with ambition in a woman?
It is as piercingly intelligent as it is uncompromising.
Every woman should read this.
The book pauses midway to list every single one of the 9,000 Italian Jews killed during the Holocaust.
I can hear Dasa: furious, impassioned, and compassionate in every page.
I read this book slowly over the course of one summer; I didnt want it to end.
It changed how I imagined revolutions and those flawed, complex human beings we make into heroes.
I can never look at one of those over-simplified graphic representations of Guevara without thinking of this book.
What can I say about Morrison and this book that hasnt already been said?
I come back to this book often, each time, something new emerges.
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