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from The New Yorker8 months ago
In this ambitious, Goncourt Prize-winning novel, seventy-two African asylum seekers face ideological battles in Sicily. It challenges far-right and overly sympathetic attitudes towards refugees, suggesting that reducing a refugee to a 'walking tragedy' is problematic.
The New Yorkerhttps://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/07/08/the-silence-of-the-choir-in-tongues-woman-of-interest-and-the-museum-of-other-people
The protagonist in 'In Tongues' navigates self-discovery in New York City, questioning if self-scrutiny is just self-obsession. The novel portrays early adulthood as a period of inertia and absurdity.
The New Yorkerhttps://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/07/08/the-silence-of-the-choir-in-tongues-woman-of-interest-and-the-museum-of-other-people
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