The Man With The Compound Eyes: A Novel

"An amazing, affecting, beautiful book, The Man With The Compound Eyes feels so alien and yet so vibratingly… alive. It’s a story about a boy from a mystical (and possibly imaginary) island, cast out to sea to die. About a young Taiwanese woman contemplating suicide after the loss of her husband and son. About a floating trash island, a tsunami, a drowning house and so much more. While at its heart, it’s an environmental fable, the novel reads like a lyrical ode to loneliness, slow destruction and the fragile bonds that keep us all above water."