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Apr 20, 2017 · By Sofia Samatar. Purchase. Sofia Samatar's duology of novels, 2013's A Stranger in Olondria and last year's The Winged Histories, took place in a mythic land of Olondria — a place where words are...
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Apr 18, 2017 · Tender explores the fragility of bodies, emotions, and landscapes, in settings that range from medieval Egypt to colonial Kenya to the stars, and the voices of those who question: children, students, servants, researchers, writers. Tender includes two new stories, “An Account of the Land of Witches” and the Nommo Award shortlisted “Fallow
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Apr 11, 2017 · Tender: Stories. Sofia Samatar. 4.20. 597 ratings140 reviews. The first collection of short fiction from a rising star whose stories have been anthologized in the first two volumes of the Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy series and nominated for many awards.
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Divided into “Tender Bodies” and “Tender Landscapes,” these twenty stories explore the fragility and resilience of bodies, human environments, memory, and love.
Apr 20, 2017 · While Samatar slowly unspools her character's reasons for leaving her former life — delivering a primer on the haunting philosophies and damaged psyches of the scientists who gave us nuclear power along the way — "Tender" redefines the emotional power and literary heft that speculative fiction can convey. As does Tender as a whole.
Apr 18, 2017 · A relentless, challenging, and hypnotic collection, Sofia Samatar’s Tender transports the reader to myriad worlds, periods of history, and monstrous futures yet to be born. It can be a difficult text, demanding a high level of engagement with multiple layers and themes.
