"In this lyrical novel, Kazim Ali holds a vast register of human experience in his embrace: fragmentation and connection, braveness and secrecy, the present and the past that lies in ashes. Although recent history is the backdrop, the book's heart lies in the human landscape of his characters, their sorrows and their navigation of each other." -Courtney Brkic "By turns poetic, elliptical and strikingly cinematic, this exquisitely written novel illuminates...