Jennifer Clement is the author of multiple books, including Widow Basquiat and Gun Love. She was awarded the NEA Fellowship for Literature and the Sara Curry Humanitarian Award for Prayers for the Stolen. The president of PEN International, she currently lives in Mexico City.
“[A] beautiful, heart-rending novel . . . fiercely observed . . .
[Clement] achieves the formidable feat of smooth, clear English
that pulses with an energy and sensibility that is convincingly
Latin American. . . . A powerful read.”—The Wall Street Journal
“What can I say about this novel? That it’s extraordinary,
electric, heartbreaking, profound? There aren’t enough adjectives
to describe how moved I was by the story of Ladydi and her friends,
of their tragic lives and quiet fortitude in spite of a world that
conspires against them. Maybe it’s enough just to say this: Prayers
for the Stolen is the best book I’ve read in years.”—Cristina
Henríquez, author of The World in Half
“The author builds a powerful narrative whose images re-create an
alarming reality that not everyone has dared to address but that
everyone has definitely heard.”—El Paso Times
“Compelling . . . just beautiful.”—Diane Rehm, NPR
“With Ladydi, Jennifer Clement has created a feisty teenage heroine
who is an unforgettable character.”—Good Housekeeping
“The theme of Prayers for the Stolen is the wanton violence
inflicted on women and the destruction of communities as a result
of the drug trade in Mexico, but Clement’s eye for the revealing
detail, the simple poetry of her language, and the visceral
authenticity of her characters turn that deadening reality into a
compelling, tragically beautiful novel.”—Yann Martel, author of
Life of Pi
“Highly original . . . [Clement’s] prose is poetic in the true
sense: precise as a scalpel, lyrical without being indulgent.”—The
Guardian
“What a marvelous writer Clement is. . . . [With] power in a prose
that is simple and simply beguiling.”—The Scotsman
“Bold and innovative . . . The rich mixture of the outlandishly
real and the hyperfabulistic has a certain superstitious power over
the reader. Jennifer Clement employs poetry’s ability to mirror
thought. . . . Superbly drawn.”—The Times Literary Supplement
“The most enchanting journey I’ve taken in a long, long time, and
the most important. Prayers For The Stolen is a hand-guided tour
through a ruthless true corner of our century, with characters so
alive they will burrow into your heart. Stunningly written,
magically detailed, you see, smell and taste the action on every
page, feel every foible, and miss the candor of these funny,
achingly human voices long after you put them down. As the heroine
herself might say: not something to read but to lick off a
plate.”—DBC Pierre, Booker Prize–winning author of Vernon God
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