I thought The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida was excellent too. The books it reminded me of in terms of what it was trying to encompass were The Ministry of Utmost Happiness by Arundhati Roy, A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini, perhaps even A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry? I love My Name Is Red and I see the analogy you are making. Will check out the Indonesian novel.
Elder Race was a really good novella and it is perhaps my favourite of Tchaikovsky's works that I have tried, even more than Children of Time. The primary reason is the sensitive portrayal of Nyr's mental state but also, I am always a fan of a mentor-student portrayal in SFF.
I thought The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida was excellent too. The books it reminded me of in terms of what it was trying to encompass were The Ministry of Utmost Happiness by Arundhati Roy, A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini, perhaps even A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry? I love My Name Is Red and I see the analogy you are making. Will check out the Indonesian novel.
Elder Race was a really good novella and it is perhaps my favourite of Tchaikovsky's works that I have tried, even more than Children of Time. The primary reason is the sensitive portrayal of Nyr's mental state but also, I am always a fan of a mentor-student portrayal in SFF.
Great article!