Leni Zumas's writing crackles. Her books are sharp, bleak, funny, and possibly dangerous. When her collection of short stories, Farewell Navigator,...
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A brilliantly controlled examination of the internalized experience of American slavery that discards the usual “black and white” boundaries in exchange for a complex, perverse physical and emotional landscape. Detailed enough to transport you to a time long-forgotten and resonant enough to remind you that its legacy haunts us even now. Plus, it’s a total page-turner! I couldn’t put it down!
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Perfectly combines the essentially moribund state of humankind with humans' inexhaustible will to survive. A haunting, sad, scary and also stunningly beautiful, nearly flawless book.
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Property: A Novel by Valerie Martin
Island Dan, March 12, 2010
A brilliantly controlled examination of the internalized experience of American slavery that discards the usual “black and white” boundaries in exchange for a complex, perverse physical and emotional landscape. Detailed enough to transport you to a time long-forgotten and resonant enough to remind you that its legacy haunts us even now. Plus, it’s a total page-turner! I couldn’t put it down!(1 of 1 readers found this comment helpful)
The Road by Cormac McCarthy
Island Dan, January 5, 2010
Perfectly combines the essentially moribund state of humankind with humans' inexhaustible will to survive. A haunting, sad, scary and also stunningly beautiful, nearly flawless book.