Back

finished reading Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi

Akwaeke Emezi: Freshwater (Paperback, 2019, Faber & Faber, Limited)

Both a recounting of trauma and its impacts, as well as a retelling of a …

One of the hardest books I ever read. Cut through to my own pain in a way that I mostly.manage to shield. Very powerful.

The narration is beautiful, there's a cadence to the prose that I am unused to in the English language but could feel. 5 stars.