As inspired by Fobbit author David Abrams at The Quivering Pen, the best sentence(s) I read this week, presented without further commentary or context:
Maybe there is no true story, only imagined stories, vague collections of what we saw and what we heard, what we felt and what we thought.
It's historical fiction based on one sentence about a black servant in one of the 16th century Spanish expeditions to the New World. Episodic, dense, richly imagined. Laila Lalami is a wise person; this is the second book of hers I have read and admire her work highly.
so beautiful and so much truth in this - intrigued to learn more about the book
ReplyDeleteIt's historical fiction based on one sentence about a black servant in one of the 16th century Spanish expeditions to the New World. Episodic, dense, richly imagined. Laila Lalami is a wise person; this is the second book of hers I have read and admire her work highly.
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