One of the themes is how is it we cope with trials and tribulations? How do we endure struggles and come out differently? … The book has been criticized for being messy, and it is...

It is at once both foreign and familiar, … It is a delicious work; very sensual. You can feel the weather and the smells and the food.

I’ve read interviews where he talked about writing the story in the middle of the night; he said the muse entered him and he didn’t have control anymore, … I love his leaps of imagination....

Stories matter and need to be heard, … I ask my students after they’ve read a book, ‘do you feel enlarged? Have you grown from it?’ which is the same thing I ask myself. I’m...

The style will be very interactive, … I don’t like lecturing; I’d rather run a discussion on questions by other people.

Life is messy; it’s not linear, it’s not logical, and the book reflects that,