When I Saw the Sky Catch Fire was first published about ten years ago,
it was
reviewed by a large number of newspapers, magazines and journals: Publishers
Weekly, The New York
Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Lost Angeles Times, The San Francisco
Chronicle, Chicago Tribune, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Boston
Globe, New York Newsday, The Boston Herald, The Houston Chronicle, Palm Beach
Post, Milwaukee Journal, Virginian Pilot/Ledger-Star.
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Reviews
“EXQUISITE…
Transports us to a world rich with tradition, myth and magic.” -New York
Times Book Review
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“A MAGICAL, ORIGINAL
book.” – Los Angeles Times
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“Wise,
earthy, with depths of subtle
understanding…thoroughly rewarding.”
-Chicago Tribune
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"MAGICAL ...
REMARKABLE ... EXTRAORDINARY ... Echewa is a master of dialogue and truly
gifted in his evocation of character. Atlanta
Journal-Constitution
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"Lyrical ... with a
very earthy flavor." -Houston Chronicle
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"REMARKABLE ... EXHILARATING AND
INSTRUCTIVE.” -The Philadelphia
Inquirer
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“The most remarkable
novel of Africa to come along in years… full of the wisdom, pain, humor and
hope of life. A work of great creativity, insight, pleasure, and
challenge.”
-San Francisco Chronicle
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"STUNNING ... recalls a world of
stories nearly lost [that) take the reader deep into the heart and soul and
mind of both man and woman-an astonishing and brave feat, and a journey much
needed." -Boston Globe
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"ENGAGING ...
FASCINATING . . . has as much to say about the clash of cultures as it does
about the universal war between the sexes."
-New York Newsday
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"REMARKABLE ...
demonstrates the author’s exceptional sensitivity to feminine issues ...
Nne-nne’s stories have an urgency that forcefully propel the narrative."
-Publishers Weekly
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“A SPELL-BINDING TALE
. . . rich in metaphor, myth, and telling moments."
–Booklist
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"Intricately
wrought and suspenseful ... a master storyteller.”
-Boston Herald
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"Poignantly rendered
... provides an insightful glimpse into life in a Nigerian village ... a
rich mine of universal truths." -South Bend Tribune
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"POWERFUL ... Echewa
bravely confronts the machoism of his own gender while exploring the
extraordinary resilience of his female counterparts."
-St. Petersburg
Times
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“AN IMPORTANT NEW
NOVEL ... PROVOCATIVE ... beautifully evokes the griefs, triumph,, and
ultimate solidarity of three generations of Nigerian women.” -National
Black Review
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"Echewa’s tales of
the past and present African women are
fascinating. -Palm Beach Post
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“Always interesting, Echewa’s storytelling shines."
- L-A, Reader
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"A masterful
novel-richly written, complex, appealing to the senses and the mind ... a
story that can speak to men and women living anywhere."
-Virginian
Pilot/Ledger-Star
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"LYRICAL ... captures
the oral tradition-reading as though it were spoken, not written."
Milwaukee Journal
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