“At last an authentic voice from Saudi Arabia. Al-Mohaimeed has written a remarkable, rhythmic, genuine novel. Wolves of the Crescent Moon throbs with sensuality and moral courage, as if it didn't take place in a society that denies the tick of the heart.” IfsHeartLastsVoiceMoralNovelWrittenMoonDenyGenuineSensualityRemarkableAlsArabiaSaudi ArabiaSaudisTickMoral CourageCrescentCrescent Moon Author:Hanan al-Shaykh
“Here is a writer possessing the greatest talent: that of fully inhabiting the lives of others. Spargo conjures up these two as no one has done before. Scott and Zelda become, in Spargo's remarkable novel, not people of history but of literature, and reminders of what we fight for, what we fail to win, and the beauty that abides between. A marvel of a book.” PeopleTwoBookDoneFightingLiteratureWinningNovelFailingTalentRemarkableRemindersPossessingLives Of Others Author:Andrew Sean Greer
“The Watch is a powerful tale, courageous both in concept and creation: an ancient tale made modern, passed through different narrators in extraordinary shape-shifting prose that makes this not just an important novel, but a remarkable read.” MadeImportantDifferentPowerfulWatchesNovelModernCreationShapesConceptsExtraordinaryAncientTalesProseRemarkableCourageousShiftingNarrators Author:Aminatta Forna
“Seriously, I think what all the puzzling over parenthood I had to do to write [a novel] ROOM taught me is that children can thrive in a remarkable range of situations.” ThinkingWritingChildrenRoomsSituationNovelTaughtRangeThriveRemarkableParenthoodPuzzling Author:Emma Donoghue
“I've come across a novel called The Palm-Wine Drinkard, by the Nigerian writer Amos Tutuola, that is really remarkable because it is a kind of fantasy of West African mythology all told in West African English which, of course, is not the same as standard English.” KindCoursesFantasyNovelStandardsWineWestMythologyRemarkablePalmsStandard English Author:William Golding