“Marina Perezagua is an exciting new voice, one of the best of the new generation of Spanish writers.” — Salman Rushdie
“Inventive...this ambitious book plunges with courage into the moral morass of a horrific period in history.” — Publishers Weekly
“A kaleidoscope of imagination and empathy. The Story of H bursts into life--fast, hot, and explosive like great histories in the making.” — Lila Azam Zanganeh, author of The Enchanter
“The Story of H is a novel of survivors, written with merciless beauty—a dance of death, sex, and love. Marina Perezagua is one of those rare writers who can conjure horror and compassion with a lyricism as defiant as it is terrifying.” — Mariana Enriquez, author of Things We Lost in the Fire
“Rich with symbolism and recurring motifs, the story folds in on itself like origami. . . This thought-provoking novel charting the aching distance between the heart and tongue gives voice to the mutability and resilience of the human spirit.” — Booklist
“...An epic novel . . . Calls to mind Arundhati Roy’s The God of Small Things and Salman Rushdie’s The Golden House.” — Vanity Fair
"Masterfully written...The Story of H is simultaneously a joyful and perceptive recollection of a long and complicated life. Perezagua set out to write a novel that explored the difficulties and triumphs of humanity, and in doing so she wote something equal parts disturbing, visceral, and enchanting." — ZYZZYVA