quotA wonderland of fantastical and frightening magical and realquot Marlon JamesquotA fantastical fierce reckoning Sorrowland is gorgeousquot Roxanne GayquotDark magical and incredibly satisfyingquot IndependentquotAn exhilarating journey to the outer limits of science fictionquot GuardianVern a hunted woman alone in the woods gives birth to twins and raises themaway from the influence of the outside world But something is wrong not withthem but with her own body Its changing its itching its stronger its notnormalTo understand her bodys metamorphosis Vern must investigate not just thesecluded religious compound she fled but the violent history of dehumanizationmedical experimentation and genocide that produced it In the course ofreclaiming her own darkness Vern learns that monsters arent just individualsbut entire histories systems and nationsSorrowland is a memorable work of Gothic fiction that wrestles with the tangledhistory of racism in America and the marginalisation of societys undesirables Itis a searing seminal book that marks the arrival of a bold unignorable voice inAmerican fiction
