The Weight Of Our Sky
With her debut young adult novel the weight of our sky journalist hanna alkaf provides heart pounding graphic insight into the seismic life shifts experienced by residents of kuala lumpur in the days directly following the may 1969 malaysian riots shelf awareness starred review.
The weight of our sky. Salaam reads simon schuster books for you 9781534426085 288pp. Months after its release the novel was adapted to a webtoon series. Hanna alkaf graduated with a degree in journalism from northwestern university.
Hanna lives in kuala lumpur with her family. The weight of our sky feels deeply resonant in its somber portrayal of humanity s violence against itself. She believes she harbors a djinn inside her one who threatens her with horrific images of her mother s death unless she adheres to an elaborate ritual of counting and tapping.
But mel is also plagued by gruesome thoughts. Hanna alkaf is the author of this book. Other editions of this title.
The weight of the riots reality falls upon melati a mu the weight of our sky is a labor of great pain but it s also a labor of tremendous love. The weight of our sky is a brutally honest no holds barred reimagining of the time. Her first young adult novel the weight of our sky was published by simon schuster in 2019.
Written by malaysian author hanna alkaf the weight of our sky is a young adult novel that tells the story of a 16 year old girl named melati ahmad who survives the 1969 kuala lumpur race riots that separated her from her mother her only family member.
