"Few memoirs have matched the pithiness of Geronimo's statement of surrender: "Once I moved like the wind," the legendary Apache told U.S. military officers. "Now I surrender to you and that is all." About 140 years later, Enrigue has plucked some of these words to title his kaleidoscopic vision of the final years of Apacheria—that inhospitable patch of U.S.-Mexico borderlands where Geronimo's dwindling warrior people clung tenaciously to this last vestige of sovereignty."
"A veteran war correspondent, Gopal earned finalist nods for the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award for what the Pulitzer jury described as his "vivid, haunting and courageous" first book, No Good Men Among the Living, which conveyed the fallout of the war in Afghanistan through the personal stories of just a few Afghans."
March brings notable literary releases providing alternatives to digital despair. Alvaro Enrigue's "Now I Surrender" reimagines the final years of Apacheria through a cubist Western lens, drawing from Geronimo's historical surrender while weaving multiple perspectives and eras into a kaleidoscopic narrative. The novel follows Enrigue's previous work on the Spanish conquest of the Aztecs, employing unconventional storytelling techniques. Anand Gopal's "Days of Love and Rage" continues his acclaimed approach of exploring complex geopolitical events through intimate personal narratives, building on his award-winning debut about Afghanistan. These releases exemplify March's diverse offerings spanning historical fiction, memoir, and international perspectives.
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