Review: Sister Deborah by Scholastique Mukasonga, trans. Mark Polizzotti
The novella moves between storytellers and versions of history, delivering a story that could never fit into a single truth or archive box.
The novella moves between storytellers and versions of history, delivering a story that could never fit into a single truth or archive box.
With this promise and its dubious comparison, Yang opens up her world of cultural memory, her geographic and emotional landmarks, and uncertain-yet-loving family relations.
Ultimately, this is the merit of Babel: its timelessness and applicability in modern-day politics.
The grim implications of All This and More have a lot of room to build on, and Shepherd committing to the sinister endings makes for very entertaining reading regardless of which one a reader lands on.
Yes, this generation is of ‘today’ but if the adults don’t rectify their speech, their children will learn about love more slowly.
When you pick up this book, keep your wits about you, you will need them.