Every Fire You Tend by Sema Kaygusuz

Every Fire You Tend

Sema Kaygusuz with Nicholas Glastonbury (Translator)

272 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction historical literary emotional reflective medium-paced
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This book is ideal for readers seeking a profound, emotionally resonant exploration of historical trauma and cultural identity through lyrical prose and mystical elements.

Description

You traced the shape of shame with your body, concealing that feeling as it pulled you into its centre. You were seeking a language for yourself, a language inherited from no one and akin to no one else’s, a language of figs…In 1938, in the remote...

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Community Reviews

3.8
based on 57 reviews

Moods

reflective: 90%

challenging: 81%

emotional: 72%

mysterious: 45%

sad: 45%

dark: 36%

informative: 18%

inspiring: 9%

Pace

36% of readers chose medium
63% of readers chose slow
medium
slow

Plot or character driven?

12% of readers chose A mix
75% of readers chose Character
12% of readers chose N/A
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Strong character development?

11% of readers chose Yes
66% of readers chose Complicated
22% of readers chose No
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Loveable characters?

25% of readers chose Yes
50% of readers chose Complicated
12% of readers chose No
12% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

Diverse cast of characters?

37% of readers chose Yes
50% of readers chose Complicated
12% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

Flaws of characters a main focus?

12% of readers chose Yes
50% of readers chose Complicated
37% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
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