Brave new worldbuilding
The third book of a series — and a hybrid of poetry, fantasy, and epic — is partly set on “the western shore of the continent formerly known as North America.” “It’s an opera,” our reviewer writes, “Opera is dramatic, fantastical, over-the-top, and told through appearance and surface given depth by music. A fusion in other words, an extension of lyrical song into narrative. I recommend reading this book with that structure in mind.” —Harold Rhenisch reviews Bramah’s Discovery, by Renée Sarojini Saklikar (Gibsons: Nightwood Editions, 2026) $26.95 / 9780889714946