[ W]ill appeal to fans of Elena Ferrante, Zadie Smith, and Kamila Shamsie An immersive and thought-provoking read with a strong plot and relatable characters, and which explores urgent contemporary questions around racism and sexism in society. * New Books in German * This worthy novel about immigration and racism in contemporary Germany is tough going. Bazyar is astute in her depiction of a contemporary climate that explicitly others migrants. -- Claire Allfree * Daily Mail * Sends us on a journey of exploration, right into the abyss of German identity politics a magnificent book. * Süddeutsche Zeitung * A smart, important novel that gives you a caress on the cheek and a punch in the jaw as you read it. The amazing thing is that in the end you want more of both. -- Pierre Jarawan author of Song for the Missing Shida Bazyar tells us uncompromisingly, powerfully, and accusingly what it means to have ones origins constantly questioned. -- Judges comments for The German Book Prize It tackles the pressing issues of our time, and yet it is timeless. This is a story of friendship, marginalisation and society's blindness to its own deep-seated problems A triumph. It has all the makings of great literature, literature that will endure Sisters in Arms demonstrates that all the talk about the lack of social relevance of art and literature is a fatal mistake. -- Gerrit Wustmann * Qantara * An explosive feminist and anti-racist novel about the importance of friendship Sisters ini Arms is a provocative, uncompromising, and moving novel about the extraordinary alliance between three young women and the only thing that makes a self-determined life possible in a society that doesn't tolerate otherness: unconditional friendship. * Female * Humane, relatable, and self-aware, Sisters in Arms is an involving novel that indicts polite neoliberalism and open racism alike for the ways in which people in contemporary societies are forced apart. * Foreword Reviews * Sisters in Arms is a gripping and immersive novel which will linger in your mind long after you finish it. * Goethe-Institut Glasgow *
