Alligator and Other Stories
15 April 2021Imprint: Picador
Synopsis
Shortlisted for the 2021 Swansea University Dylan Thomas Prize
Shortlisted for a 2021 James Tait Black Award
Shortlisted for the PEN/Robert W Bingham Prize for Debut Short Story Collection 2021
'Sardonic, monstrous, tender' Sunday Times
'Startling . . . profound' Daily Mail
In Alligator and Other Stories, Dima Alzayat captures luminously how it feels to be ‘other’: as a Syrian, as an Arab, as an...
Details
15 April 2021224 pages
9781529029918Imprint: Picador
Reviews
How does it feel to be an alien at home? . . . Sardonic, monstrous, tender, these well-crafted tales show us circumstances that might be our own, and let us see them through the eyes of others.Sunday Times
Dima Alzayat’s startling, often shocking stories have at their heart a profound sense of dislocation . . . Brilliant.Daily Mail
Alligator contains several stories of breathtaking power . . . Start reading now and you can say you were an early fan, because Dima Alzayat combines superb writing with razor-sharp imagination and focuses on social injustice, racial violence, and global immigration.LitHub
Gloriously hypnotic. These charged, visceral stories get under the skin and stay there. This collection heralds the arrival of an electrifying new voice.Irenosen Okojie
