“It’s a collection with a true sense of cohesion in form and feeling. Every poem is untitled, but bound by experience, creating a reflection of the complex emotions that come with exile: loneliness, grief, desire, and at times, a sense of guilt for leaving his family behind. [...] Again and again, what amazes in this collection is Das’s ability to expose the ordinary as something extraordinary, and vice versa. He wakes up to the birds chirping, goes on walks by the river, has a drink at the bar, yet is always carrying the violence of the past and his longing for home.”