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A review by sarabz
A Stranger in Olondria by Sofia Samatar
4.0
Although the style of the book didn't fully grab me, I enjoyed the story and there was a lot of thought provoking stuff in here. The dense prose was a little too much for my tastes, although there were sections that totally drew me in.
I enjoyed the self-interested and selfish characters that are caught up in their own experiences but that also impact and influence the world around them, someones deliberately sometimes but often accidentally. This happens at every level of the story (there are stories within stories throughout the book).
And even though I spent a couple hours discussing it last night with a book group, there is still more that I'll be digesting and thinking about: Traveling, exploration, being a stranger and also belonging. The expression and communication of self and community that is accomplished through stories - both written and oral (although they are so different and can convey such different things). Literacy and access to resources impacting whose voices and stories get heard.
I enjoyed the self-interested and selfish characters that are caught up in their own experiences but that also impact and influence the world around them, someones deliberately sometimes but often accidentally. This happens at every level of the story (there are stories within stories throughout the book).
And even though I spent a couple hours discussing it last night with a book group, there is still more that I'll be digesting and thinking about: Traveling, exploration, being a stranger and also belonging. The expression and communication of self and community that is accomplished through stories - both written and oral (although they are so different and can convey such different things). Literacy and access to resources impacting whose voices and stories get heard.