Daanje’s variations never become schematic or predictable. The novel’s length is daunting, but the writing is swift and eventful, often expressed in coursing run-on sentences. The reader advances across Mr. McKay’s superb translation as though compelled by a fierce highland wind. In the book’s telling, the Drayden sisters’ imaginative visions are so powerful that they reshape the way people experience reality. Readers, too, will finish this vast, teeming novel with a sense of a world transformed.
Sweeping ... Each chapter is novella-like in length, sometimes in letter or notebook form. Perfect for readers who enjoy fiction in translation and anyone looking for a sweeping adventure through literary legends, Daanje’s story asks fundamental questions about art, loss, and acclaim as it highlights truths across languages and centuries.
