One of the most brilliant aspects of the novel is its refusal to privilege linear time. The chapters are not labeled "Part 1, Part 2." They are titled with names ("Mai," "Charlie," "Nok") and locations. You might read about a character dying in a flood, only to turn the page and find them alive fifty years earlier.
One of the most brilliant aspects of the novel is its refusal to privilege linear time. The chapters are not labeled "Part 1, Part 2." They are titled with names ("Mai," "Charlie," "Nok") and locations. You might read about a character dying in a flood, only to turn the page and find them alive fifty years earlier.