RaveFull StopOpens with a collage of memories, ekphrasis, and philosophical aphorisms that mimic the slippery nature of Sycamore and Gladys’s adult relationship ... Sycamore’s use of present tense is both immersive and propulsive.
Sofia Samatar
RaveFull StopBrilliant ... One of the big pleasures of reading The White Mosque is lingering in Samatar’s lush descriptions of the desert landscape and everything else she encounters ... The book is a stylistic feat. Every sentence sings, and its structure is as unpredictable as its premises.
