Review in The Boston Globe
'Bone Worship' and the human family
"The title of Elizabeth Eslami's debut novel comes from a ritual that elephants perform. When an elephant dies, its family members cover the body with brush and soil, revisiting the bones for years, caressing them with their trunks. A haunting symbol of remembrance, bone worship becomes the organizing principle of Eslami's investigation of familial and cultural memory.
When Jasmine Fahroodhi fails out of the University of Chicago in her final semester, she re...
"The title of Elizabeth Eslami's debut novel comes from a ritual that elephants perform. When an elephant dies, its family members cover the body with brush and soil, revisiting the bones for years, caressing them with their trunks. A haunting symbol of remembrance, bone worship becomes the organizing principle of Eslami's investigation of familial and cultural memory.
When Jasmine Fahroodhi fails out of the University of Chicago in her final semester, she re...
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