“It’s a kind of reincarnation without death: all these different lives we get to live in this one body, as ourselves.”
“When I try to imagine the addresses of the houses and apartments I lived in before my grandparents kidnapped me, I can’t remember anything.”
“How rich and diverse, how complex and non-linear the history of all women is.”
“All that matters is that you are making something you love, to the best of your ability, here and now.”
Raoul Martinez is interviewed on Book Shambles (a.k.a. the most endearing, entertaining books podcast around).
“The author, and the arguments within his book, have a tendency to leave a reader feeling enlivened, stirred and provoked. But perhaps this should come as no surprise. We have no choice, after all.”
Seamus O'Reilly
The Irish Times
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“Island People powerfully shows how places shape people, and how people shape places.”
Anita Sethi
Guardian
‘I have a complicated relationship with Bangladesh…’
Claire Armitstead
Guardian
‘Death and love all mixed up, and with love coming out on top’
Paul Magrs
Guardian
“Garfield is an engaging writer who has stuffed Timekeepers with some fascinating material…thoroughly enjoyable and illuminating. Timely, you could even say”
Robin McKie
The Guardian
“To the River is a constant delight: dreamy and lyrical, meditative and wry… A beautiful - and beautifully written - book, every bit as enchanting as its watery subject.”
Stephanie Cross
The Lady