The writer spends the day peppering detention center inmates with questions about the conditions they have endured. The writer is given a tour by Sister Margaret, a nun and a tireless advocate for refugee families - including the Daizangi family, whose story forms the center of the novel. A character Yu calls “the writer” has traveled to Australia to interview asylum seekers in the Afghan migrant community there and to visit detention centers as part of her research. Lily Yu’s disquieting debut novel On Fragile Waves offers a kind of authorial self-critique regarding the representation of diasporic migrants. That said, it is still very, very much worth your time if you enjoy queer fantasy romances with lush, gorgeous prose.DURING ONE KEY MOMENT, E. Where Silver had just the right amount of plot for its pages, Drowned Country cannot say the same. Drowned Country suffered from an issue common to novellas: it ought to have been a novel. Although I loved the prose, writing, and character, the pacing sometimes felt slightly off. I’ll confess that I enjoyed Silver in the Wood slightly more than I did Drowned Country. It would be difficult not to adore her writing. She creates a vast, fairytale-esque landscape where the hills are poems and the trees are verse. Tesh has gorgeous, lyrical prose that makes it hard to tear yourself away from the page. The two novellas feature a romance between a young man and a ancient being of the forest as they find love in between the spaces of their small, daily interactions. Drowned Country by Emily Teshĭrowned Country is the gorgeous sequel to the much-vaunted Silver in the Woods, completing the Greenhollow Duology. Even rarer is to find a story that is so perfectly equipped to tug on your heartstrings and help you not only know the facts of life as a refugee, but also understand the emotional journey each and every seeker of shelter embarks upon. While I had minor quibbles with the writing style and sometimes felt as though it was a little on the nose, this is an important story that rarely finds its way into mainstream media. Firuzeh finds herself haunted by those she lost along the way, and faces challenges that are foreign to those of us fortunate to have been born into stability. Yu unflinchingly depicts the hardships refugees face both during the journey and while waiting for approval in refugee camps. It follows a family of Afghani refugees attempting to make their way to Australia, where they hope to start a new life. In On Fragile Waves, the fantastic elements are blended seamlessly into reality, creating a magical realist narrative steeped in cultural heritage.
Polk, a novel I’m looking forward to digging into. Recently, they released The Midnight Bargain by C.
Erewhon has been picking up interesting new voices, and is a major up and comer in the small press world. I initially picked up On Fragile Waves due to the publisher: Erewhon Books.
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