Gaël Faye

Praise for Small Country

an excellent novel, a model of restraint and quiet literary sophistication

Sunday Times

[A] luminous debut novel… This is a book that demanded to be written... With a light touch, Faye dramatises the terrible nostalgia of having lost not only a childhood but also a whole world to war

Nadifa Mohamed, Guardian

An evocative portrait of what it means to lose one’s freedom and innocence. Gaël Faye’s literary powers lie in his unbridled honesty and his effortless prose. He is a writer of great promise and grace

Chigozie Obioma, author of The Fishermen

an excellent novel, a model of restraint and quiet literary sophistication

Sunday Times

[A] luminous debut novel… This is a book that demanded to be written... With a light touch, Faye dramatises the terrible nostalgia of having lost not only a childhood but also a whole world to war

Nadifa Mohamed, Guardian

An evocative portrait of what it means to lose one’s freedom and innocence. Gaël Faye’s literary powers lie in his unbridled honesty and his effortless prose. He is a writer of great promise and grace

Chigozie Obioma, author of The Fishermen

an excellent novel, a model of restraint and quiet literary sophistication

Sunday Times

[A] luminous debut novel… This is a book that demanded to be written... With a light touch, Faye dramatises the terrible nostalgia of having lost not only a childhood but also a whole world to war

Nadifa Mohamed, Guardian

An evocative portrait of what it means to lose one’s freedom and innocence. Gaël Faye’s literary powers lie in his unbridled honesty and his effortless prose. He is a writer of great promise and grace

Chigozie Obioma, author of The Fishermen