“She is doing something brave and new, consciously rejecting the templated tales to channel a polyphony of voices, in prose surefooted and soaring, playful and heartbreaking, satirical and bewitching, supersaturated with her unique perspective and nova-like intelligence. It’s a fusion of cultures, genres, and idioms—it’s also a sheer joy to read, music rocketing into the bloodstream, energy sheeting from the page.”