The Thirty Names of Night: A Novel
The author of the debut The Map of Salt and Stars returns with this remarkably moving and lyrical novel following three generations of Syrian Americans who are linked by a mysterious species of bird and the truths they carry close to their hearts.
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Goodness... where can I even begin to describe this book? It was beautiful, heart-wrenching, incredibly warm, sad, and everything in-between.
Zeyn Joukhadar had such a way of writing that it illuminated the page with the feelings that each character was experiencing within the moment. From the older stories told from the main character's grandmother to the details of the mother's passing, to the struggle of coping with the death of the mother interspersed with the beauty of the city and of the birds and people within it... it was a mesmerizing book that I just could not put down.
The other element that was even more special to me and one that I felt was unique and something that the author shared with us, the reader, is the unique journey of the main character continuously struggling with the female body they were given and providing an insider's perspective of what that torment is like. I can't completely relate to these feelings, but it felt as though the author allowed us within their realm to feel what they felt and experience the pain, the joy, and the relief? of finding our true selves and being conscious of that outcome. It was eye-opening and life-changing for me as a reader and I'm grateful for the experience. I look forward to more from the author!
Zeyn Joukhadar had such a way of writing that it illuminated the page with the feelings that each character was experiencing within the moment. From the older stories told from the main character's grandmother to the details of the mother's passing, to the struggle of coping with the death of the mother interspersed with the beauty of the city and of the birds and people within it... it was a mesmerizing book that I just could not put down.
The other element that was even more special to me and one that I felt was unique and something that the author shared with us, the reader, is the unique journey of the main character continuously struggling with the female body they were given and providing an insider's perspective of what that torment is like. I can't completely relate to these feelings, but it felt as though the author allowed us within their realm to feel what they felt and experience the pain, the joy, and the relief? of finding our true selves and being conscious of that outcome. It was eye-opening and life-changing for me as a reader and I'm grateful for the experience. I look forward to more from the author!
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