The House of Rust

By Khadija Abdalla Bajaber,

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1 author picked The House of Rust as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

A book with astonishing imagery and surrealism!

It lurks in the hazy landscape between magical realism and weird fantasy, which is an unusual thing per my reading experience for a coming-of-age story of a girl named Aisha from Mombasa. Her voyage to rescue her father from across an ocean of godlike sharks was a strange and unsettling experience to read.

Certainly one of the most unique (even if, in some fleeting moments, it reminded me of Hemingway’s Old Man and the Sea, which I found strictly okay).

From Prashanth's list on fantasy novels with quests and crafty gods.

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