Against the richly drawn canvas of a landscape rendered vividly and with meticulous detail, a story unfolds of a family and community faced with both outward and inner desolation. "There is an aching beauty woven into the lyrical prose of this novel that lingers with the reader beyond the last page. "No matter how terrible the circumstances.Umar Turaki isn't glossing over the reality of how bad this situation could get-the changing perspectives kick in at exactly the right times to break the tension and allow a little hope back for the reader.It's a beautiful book, and even more impressive as a debut." -Mystery & Suspense Though some of the characters commit unimaginable acts, their determination to prevail perfectly matches our own, and that brings great solace." -Fredericksburg Free Lance Star
The characters draw apart and come together again, showing an astonishing and moving amount of resilience. "Such a Beautiful Thing to Behold is ultimately a redemptive and uplifting text about what family means. Estranged siblings reunite to band against this insidious illness, highlighting the power of the everyday in this terrifying yet elegant read." -Good Morning America "A mysterious disease sweeps through an African village in Umar Turaki's debut novel. Publisher: Amazon Publishing ISBN: 9781542034678 Number of pages: 256 MEDIA REVIEWS
Umar Turaki's gripping novel is a story of survival, love, and the human spirit's tenacious capacity for wonder. Now an unlikely family of six, they choose their own perilous paths, at first separately and then together, coming to terms with the decisions they make and the ghosts they cannot leave behind. Navigating the chaos of violence, hunger, and death, each of them tries to make sense of the bleak circumstances, forging new bonds with other juvenile survivors left to their own devices. His brother and sisters, however, have plans of their own. Dunka, the eldest son of a family reeling from the Grey, takes on the daunting task of leaving Pilam to find that cure for his siblings and save them before it's too late.
But beyond the barricades and walls of soldiers-the manifestation of a nation's terror-there are rumors of a cure.
Laying waste to Pilam's residents, the sickness saps its victims of strength, drains the color from their eyes, and kills all promise. An unexpected community of survivors forges a family out of the despair, struggling against things known and unknown for survival and hope.Ī mysterious plague known as the Grey grips the small village of Pilam, which the world has quarantined without pity.
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