The Ardent Witness
Finalist in the 2019 International Book Awards
“Reminiscent of Graham Greene and Barbara Kingsolver, The Ardent Witness digs into one young woman’s story as a way to examine some deep and troubling questions of our time. It’s a coming of age story for a post-global world.”
- Catherine Davidson, author of The Orchard and The Priest Fainted ( a New York Times Notable Book of the Year)
“Maisano’s most graceful writing is in her protagonist’s interior conversations, where Lily navigates what she experiences in Togo as chaos and loss of meaning on a Dostoevskian scale.”
-Judith Amanthis, author of Dirt Clean
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“Danielle Maisano's impressive novel demonstrates an assured feel for time and place. Indeed, the sections set in Togo, with their keen attention to detail and energetic use of dialogue, reminded me strikingly, at times, of Bruce Chatwin's non-fictional accounts of life in remote rural communities.”
- Adam Feinstein, acclaimed author of Pablo Neruda: A Passion for Life
“The Ardent Witness is a multi-layered text – intelligent, vulnerable, and deeply relevant to the unsettling times in which we live.”
- Kristale Ivezaj Rama, journalist and founder of The Balkan Artist Guild
