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July 25, 2013
Washington Independent Reviews WHAT CHANGES EVERYTHING
Maria Kontak of the Washington Independent Review of Books has authored a complete review of Masha Hamilton’s fifth novel, What Changes Everything.
The article that appeared on the Washington Independent website gives a thorough overview of the story without giving away any of the plot. In addition, Kontak extols Hamilton’s use of letters to build characterization and help tell the story. Below is an excerpt from the review:
The author’s use of letters works brilliantly, not just as a means of creating tension and reiterating the themes of the novel but to link to national history as well. Stela is not the sole letter writer. The novel and each subsequent part of it open with letters penned by the last president of Afghanistan before the country’s conflict and dissolution, Dr. Mohammad Najibullah Ahmadzai. His letters, like Stela’s, are rooted in loss, family, identity and fate. Unlike Stela’s, they are lyrical and steeped in Afghani culture and history. Afghanistan, we come to understand, is the glue in this book.
Masha Hamilton is the author of two other novels also published by Unbridled Books, the critically acclaimed 31 Hours and The Distance Between Us.
To read the entire article on the Washington Independent website, Click Here.
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