What It Means When a Man Falls from the Sky
Lesley Nneka Arimah · 2017
Realism and fable blur together. A mathematician solves grief. A girl is traded to a witch. Arimah's range is startling.
The case against
Mothers and daughters at war, story after story: the settings range from Lagos to a flooded future, but the emotional engine rarely changes, and read straight through, the collection rhymes with itself. Speculative premises get sketched rather than built; the grief-removal mathematics of the title story carries more weight than its worldbuilding can hold. Debut unevenness, with vivid highs.
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