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REVIEWS
A quietly
powerful story about a young Afghani woman adjusting to a new life
in Denmark. Malladi's story of two wounded people beset by prejudice
has a ring of authenticity. The Sound of Language is finely
written, spare but eloquent, sensitive but free of false sentiment.
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Diane White, The Boston Globe
Malladi is a
wonderful writer. She has a finger on the contemporary cosmopolitan
pulse and together with a talent that is not slight, she weaves all
these disparate things into stories that almost anyone will care
about. The Sound of Language is an almost impossibly
beautiful book [where] the coolness of the Danish landscape is
juxtaposed against the heat of the immigrant’s heart.
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Linda L. Richards, January Magazine
The Sound
of Language is a gripping, captivating novel that opens readers’
eyes to the story of immigration — a life that those who lack the
firsthand experience can only imagine.
- Emily Prawdzik
Genoff, The Oakland Press
The most
remarkable feature of Malladi’s book is how beautifully it is
written. It is simply a delight to read.
- Swapna Krishna,
Curled Up With A Good Book
AMULYA
MALLADI'S...novel, "The Sound of Language," focuses on a
community in flux and its traditions challenged. The novel's
strength lies in the intimate portrayal of the interactions between
Gunnar, Raihana and their families and community.
- Elizabeth Staggs, The Free Lance-Star
The Sound of
Language is an absorbing novel in which the reader mentally
cheers on this unusual relationship, despite the objections and
distrust of friends and family on both sides.
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Hilary Williamson, BookLoons Reviews
Fast paced and totally
captivating. The Sound of Language is one book you will want
for your keeper shelf!
-Diana Risso, Romance Reviews Today
The Sound of
Language will capture you the moment you read the first sentence
and you won't be able to put it down until the very last page.
Everyone should read this story.
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Corey Flynn, Mother-Talk.com
Set in the Danish
countryside, Malladi’s novel tells the mesmerizing story of Raihana,
a young Afghani widow and refugee haunted by her past. Gorgeously written.
-Dame Magazine
The author deftly
surrounds...[the] basic plot with a probing look at Gunnar’s
changing relationship with his grown children after their mother’s
death and the prejudice Raihana feels as a Muslim woman in this
insular Danish village. A thoughtful glimpse at some of the problems
facing an increasing number of refugees worldwide.
-Deborah Donovan, Booklist
Talented author Amulya
Malladi gives the reader a chance to see our world as a stranger
would.... This is a tale of two hearts in need of healing, a story
of reaching across that invisible line of fear to take the hand of a
stranger and being drawn into a new light of understanding.
-Anne K. Edwards, Reader to Reader Reviews
While it is not
difficult to find books depicting the refugee/immigrant experience
in the United States, Amulya Malladi has given this book a twist by
setting it in Denmark. I thoroughly enjoyed this book. The play of
cultures was fascinating.
-Beth Cummings, Armchair Interviews
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