Paradiso 17

Praise for Paradiso 17: ‘I could not put down this sweeping narrative, written in some of the most transcendent prose I have read in a long time. Compassionate, elegiac and suffuse with unflinching wit’ Maaza Mengiste, author of The Shadow King ‘A sweeping, deeply personal novel based on the life of Assadi’s father… family and friends never stop loving Sufien. Neither does the reader … an unforgettable character’ Kirkus ‘Assadi’s novels are lyrical and gorgeously original – this novel reads as poetry’ Lithub ‘Assadi is a gorgeous writer, and here she unfurls a gripping story of a soul in exile. Paradiso 17 comes like a fugue, asking questions both timeless and heartbreakingly urgent’ Justin Torres, author of Blackouts ‘A searing portrait of exile, of a man reeling from home to home after the loss of Palestine. This poet’s novel is a true beauty, a tale of grief and also ultimate, otherworldly triumph and return’ Hala Alyan, author of I’ll Tell You When I’m Home ‘An unforgettable story about the many stunted afterlives of hyphenated belonging … a deeply nuanced exploration of exile as both event and inheritance’ Omar El Akkad, author of One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This 'A novel of wondrous care and meticulous precision … Generations are captured here, loss and pain and miraculous attempt at renewal. A beautiful work’ Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, author of Chain Gang All-Stars ‘A wondrous portrait of a man in exile, searching for home where his home is not. A miraculous novel, not one I'll be easily forgetting’ Kasim Ali, author of Who Will Remain ‘An intense, fearless, lyrical and quite astonishing novel about the haunted apparitional life of a refugee’ Joy Williams, author of The Pelican Child ‘Remarkable … urgent and necessary. Read it as an intimate family tale, as mythos, or as history – but read it, read it, read it’ Rabih Alameddine, author of The Wrong End of the Telescope