Valeria Luiselli, BEGINNING MIDDLE END: A Novel

From the beloved, award-winning author of the modern classics Lost Children Archive and Tell Me How It Ends comes an ode to imagination and possibility in dark times. Beginning Middle End evolves into a road novel of exquisite tenderness, spanning four generations of women. In their travels through Sicily, mother and daughter cross paths with the island’s migrants, storekeepers, and elders, and also its volcanoes, its winds, and its waters. Weaving myths, ancient philosophy, and natural history with fleeting moments of contemporary life, the unforgettable characters in this novel take us on a journey across time, and confront some of