Elizabeth Eslami's Reviews
Reviews of Elizabeth’s Work
Jan.01.2010
Published by The Inkslinger
"Elizabeth Eslami’s debut novel is a culture clash from the get-go, but it’s a beautifully written clash filled with the most familiar kinds of yearning, both familial and...
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Nov.01.2009
Published by Library Journal
“Compelling, authentic, and immensely satisfying. Bone Worship is full of wonderfully drawn characters, especially Jasmine’s awkward, gruff father. Recommended for readers who...
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Dec.01.2009
Published by Booklist
“A realistic and heartfelt depiction of a young woman at a crossroads wondering “What’s next?” Eslami’s debut deftly limns a young woman’s exploration of her roots, her attempts...
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Published by Janet Peery, Author of What The Thunder Said
"In this auspicious debut, Elizabeth Eslami explores with uncommon wit and depth and sensitivity the vexed questions of love and duty, the powerful tensions between debts owed to...
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Published by Meagan Brothers, Author of Debbie Harry Sings in French
"In a voice at once acerbic and lyrical, Elizabeth Eslami deftly navigates the choppy waters of a cross-cultural father-daughter relationship bowing beneath the strain of post-...
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Published by Joan Silber, Author of Ideas of Heaven
"Wildly original, Bone Worship is a real find. A superbly cranky American daughter and her impossible, mysterious Iranian father are the fabulous characters populating this...
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Published by David Haynes, Author of The Full Matilda
"Movingly and with genuine warmth, Elizabeth Eslami explores those fragile in-between times of our lives, those tough transitions from don't-know-where-we-are to can't-believe-...
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The scene in the forest had become for me, without my knowing it, the foundation for the real story I am now trying to tell. The fragments, you see, had to be picked up slowly, long afterwards.”
—Sherwood Anderson, from "Death in the Woods"
About Elizabeth
Elizabeth Eslami is the author of the forthcoming story collection, Hibernate, for which she was awarded the 2013 Ohio State University Prize in Short Fiction, and the novel Bone Worship (Pegasus, 2010). Her essays, short stories, and travel writing have...
Connections
Causes Elizabeth Eslami Supports
Willamette Writers, The Association of Writers and Poets, The Association of Iranian American Writers