What It Means When a Man Falls from the Sky: Stories, (Paperback)

from lisapeet

This is a terrific debut-inventive and varied in form but still cohesive, no doubt because Arimah's voice is really strong, but without the stories sounding at all alike. These are all dark but they're not ponderous, and she brings out elements of magic, myth, and sf in really inventive ways that...

from streamsong

This is a wonderful, thought provoking collection with many different genres represented. It's my favorite collection of short stories that I have read this year. Two of the best which I am stil thinking about months after reading them: 'What It Means When a Man Falls from the Sky' - a future soc...

from Jan.Coco.Day

I read this in one sitting. Arimah's characters seethe with internalized violence they sublimate through storytelling, the same violence that eventually extinguishes the fire of girls as god, their mothers, and society mold them into proper young women. Complete with dashes of magical realism and...

from cmt100

A splendid collection of short stories, each one a well-polished gem. Powerful, often heartbreaking, sometimes funny, always engrossing. Arimah writes clean, carefully crafted sentences with no wasted words to distract from the images and emotions they convey. After finishing the book, I reread m...

from 0lddiva

The first story in this book took my breath away like a sucker punch. A couple I related to all too well. From science fiction to folklore this collection was a bittersweet read.