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“Breathtakingly propulsive, sweeping in scope, and astoundingly timely, The Unwanted depicts the before, during, and after of a refugee family’s terrifying flight from an unnamed war-torn region. With profound tenderness, the novel depicts its heroine’s hard-fought triumph over brutality in a world teeming with broken people, nations, and promises.” — Ada Calhoun, New York Times bestselling author of Why We Can’t Sleep
"The Unwanted is a tightrope of a novel: tense, precise, stunning in its scope and power" — Téa Obreht, New York Times bestselling author of The Morningside and The Tiger's Wife
"The Unwanted is Boris Fishman's best book yet—one of the best books I've read in years, in fact. But don't call it an allegory. It's entirely too convincing, too human, and too humane for that. In telling the story of a family pushed to the brink by events and perceptions they can do nothing to alter, Fishman has delivered something truly sophisticated—sophisticated artistically but also morally. A harrowing novel for equally harrowing times." — Tom Bissell, bestselling author of Creative Types
"Urgently contemporary and prescient in equal measure, Fishman’s The Unwanted channels the spectrum of literature’s finest, emotionally visceral dystopian masterworks, from Dune to The Handmaid’s Tale, in a fable of survival, resistance and, ultimately, maternal love." — Lea Carpenter, author of Ilium
"A tense, haunting work that will resonate with many readers in these uncertain times." — Booklist (starred review)
“A rousing near-future saga. . . . Fishman’s worldbuilding is impeccable. . . . He skillfully ramps up the tension. . . . Fans of dystopian classics like 1984 will find much to savor in Fishman’s spellbinding tale.” — Publishers Weekly (starred review)
“Fishman effectively captures the fear, malaise, and desperation that comes with others’ control of our movements. . . . An informed, earnest . . . tale of escape.” — Kirkus Reviews