"A writer contends with slavery's legacy, and his own link to it . . . Daring in both scope and imagination."
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The New York Times
“Since I was little, I have thrilled at reading food-related passages in novels. But the food scenes in Some Day by Israeli novelist Shemi Zarhin are on another level. In one passage, Zarhin describes a dish so vividly I felt compelled to re-create it in my own kitchen … My mouth watered.”
Leah Koenig in Modern Jewish Cooking