5 notable new books that are 寄生虫搭建all over the map (in a good way)
Colin Dwyer
NPR
Woe betide the poor soul looking for a snappy unifying theme in this week's notable new reads. These books confront readers with the recent past and distant future, bring them to southeastern Africa and an alternative Japan, and bedeck their pages with subversive cartoons and lush, fantastical landscapes. There are no easy throughlines here, in other words.
Then again, perhaps we shouldn't overthink this one. Although they differ in style, genre and tone, all of these have a couple of important commonalities: They grace the shelves at a library or bookstore near you this week, and they're well worth a look.
