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A review by lauren_endnotes
Alligator and other stories by Dima Alzayat
4.0
An inventive and exciting debut story collection. Each one is told in a different style and tone. I appreciated Alzayat's pacing and slow reveals - it really added to the gravity of the work.
Stories vary in time and place, but two that will stay with me are office/workplace stories ("Only Those Who Struggle Succeed" and "Summer of the Shark") interestingly enough. A seemingly mundane place that many of us spend our lives, but Alzayat twists and turns in some intriguing ways.
The "Alligator" title story is told with mixed media and oral histories, and a long-view look at Indigenous and immigrant lives and violence in south Florida over centuries.
Stories vary in time and place, but two that will stay with me are office/workplace stories ("Only Those Who Struggle Succeed" and "Summer of the Shark") interestingly enough. A seemingly mundane place that many of us spend our lives, but Alzayat twists and turns in some intriguing ways.
The "Alligator" title story is told with mixed media and oral histories, and a long-view look at Indigenous and immigrant lives and violence in south Florida over centuries.