As The Crow Flies

From the winner of the 2022 Los Angeles Times Book Award, As the Crow Flies is V ronique Tadjo's evocative collection of short stories.Writing in exquisite, poetic prose, V ronique Tadjo weaves together a rich tapestry of characters all nameless and faceless as they tell their stories of parting and return, losing and gaining, suffering and healing.Like a bird in flight, Tadjo travels across a borderless landscape composed of tales of daily existence, news reports, allegories and ancestral myths, creating a lyrical and moving portrait of the interconnectedness of human life.'A mosaic of 20th-century life.' Guardian