Le Guin and Gene Wolfe."Kelly Link, author of Magic for Beginners Sofia Samatar's debut novel is both exhilarating epic adventure and loving invocation of what it means to live through story, poetry, language. "Let the world take note of this dazzling and accomplished fantasy. "Gorgeous writing, beautiful and sensual and so precisea Proustian ghost story."Paul Witcover, author of Tumbling After A Stranger in Olondria reminds both Samatar's characters and her readers of the way stories make us long for far-away, even imaginary, places and how they also bring us home again."Karen Joy Fowler, New York Times bestselling author of The Jane Austen Book Club "Mesmerizinga sustained and dreamy enchantment. One of the best fantasy novels I've read in recent years."Jeffrey Ford, author of The Girl in the Glass A story of ghosts and books, treachery and mystery, ingeniously conceived and beautifully written. "Thoroughly engaging and thoroughly original. Samatar’s beautifully written book is one that will be treasured by book lovers everywhere.” Her sentences are intoxicating and one can easily be lost in their intricacy. "Samatar's sensual descriptions create a rich, strange landscape, allowing a lavish adventure to unfold that is haunting and unforgettable."
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