Little Gods
by Meng Jin
Out Jan 14, 2020 from Custom House books
“Artfully composed and emotionally searing, Jin’s debut about lost girls, bottomless ambition, and the myriad ways family members can hurt and betray one another is gripping from beginning to end. This is a beautiful, intensely moving debut.”
— Publishers Weekly (Starred Review)
“Spectacular and emotionally polyphonic… The narrative is complex without ever being convoluted, and Jin holds the various strands together flawlessly… What makes Little Gods extraordinary is the way it examines not only the trajectory of its characters’ lives but also their emotional motivations, the reasons why people do what they do and long for what they long for… That Jin has managed to craft such an intimate, emotionally complex story is an awesome achievement. That she managed to do it in her debut novel, doubly so.”
— BookPage (Starred Review)
“With precocious dexterity, Jin… adroitly privileges her readers with a haunting omniscience she denies her characters… Skillfully revealed, exquisitely rendered, Jin’s first novel undoubtedly presages future success.”
— Booklist (Starred Review)
“Expands the future of the immigrant novel.”
“A brilliant debut...Meng Jin’s gift merges science, politics and art: the kind of audacity our world needs now.”
“...Ambitious in the best ways: meticulously observed, daringly imagined, rich in character and history... Jin poses profound questions: how might we know ourselves, or the people we love? And what truths, if any, travel with us?”
“A powerful story about family, immigration and the things we inherit along the way... This is a stunning, literary debut.”
