From the winner of the 2022 Los Angeles Times Book Award, As the Crow Flies is Véronique Tadjo's evocative collection of short stories.
Writing in exquisite, poetic prose, Véronique 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
From the winner of the 2022 Los Angeles Times Book Award, As the Crow Flies is Véronique Tadjo's evocative collection of short stories. Navigating between the interconnected lives of her characters, Tadjo flies across the world to tell the tales of those in search of the truth.
Writing with exquisite, poetic prose, Véronique Tadjo weaves a rich tapestry of tales full of nameless and faceless characters as they tell their stories. Parting and return, losing and gaining, suffering and healing., As the Crow Flies is a lyrical exploration of the human heart.
'A mosaic of 20th-century life.' Guardian
