Book description
'This meticulously crafted gem is not merely read; it is experienced '
Steve Toltz, author of Here Goes Nothing
'Haunting . . . perfectly attuned to what it means to roam freely as an immigrant in America'
Guardian
A heartbreaking novel about loss, family and exile, from the winner of…
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1 author picked Someone Like Us as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
So many are writing these days about exile and migration, about shifting homes and the cost of moving to America, but few that I know do so with the gravitas, beautiful sonorousness and depth of Dinaw Mengestu. All his three novels are classics already, but in his latest, he goes farther, takes risks and claims an emotional power beyond anything he has achieved before.
I put this book down with a rush of exhilaration and gratitude, thrilled that fiction can still work such miracles.
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