The Minotaur at Calle Lanza

This surrealist memoir that contains quiet and fascinating moments. Felt like a dream - sort of jarring but feels close enough to real that it draws you in, but then you ultimately wake up too soon and feel there was more you could’ve learned/experienced/felt Definitely something to add to the list i......more

As a fellow labyrinth lover and hater of Microsoft Teams, I think this book is very good! Also, cover of the year, hands down.......more

Part memoir, past Kafkaesque tale, this book is 100 percent absorbing. A series of fortunate accidents allows a family from Nigeria to enter and live in the U.S. it’s a weighted opportunity for the narrator’s father. At home, dad was a respected teacher and village chief, surrounded by friends. In D......more

A beautiful literary adventure with horns that cut deep.......more

This autobiographical novella is the author's debut. At times moving and funny, it is also angry. The author was uprooted, with his family, seeking a better life in the West. They eventually settling in the United States. This uprooting left him a young boy confused by the change, bullied, impoveris......more