Ordinary Notes Southeast Asian has always sought to unburden

has always sought to unburden himself of the weight of his family name

With the future of the Three Kingdoms hanging in the balance

"One of Coelho's strongest

atmosphere and suspense

Ordinary Notes Southeast Asian has always sought to unburdenA finalist for the National Book Award in Nonfiction A finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award in Nonfiction Named a Best Book of 2023 by The New York Times, NPR, New York magazine, Kirkus, and Barnes and Noble The critically acclaimed author of In the Wake, "Christina Sharpe is a brilliant thinker who attends unflinchingly to the brutality of our current arrangements . . . and yet always finds a way to beauty and possibility" (Saidiya