As much a book of poetry as a novel, as much a symphony as a memoir, this is an extraordinary book from a writer at the top of his powers. Reminiscent of Berger and Calvino, Jeff Talarigo manages to capture the breadth and circumference of story-telling, while also giving us a privileged insight into the daily life and dreams of Gaza. --Colum McCann, Thirteen Ways of Looking
In the mode of J. M. Coetzee's Waiting for the Barbarians...