THE DEAD WANDER IN THE DESERT

Narrator Neil Shah creates a unique, insistent persona for Kakharman, a Kazak fisherman who is fighting to protect his village's source of sustenance. This is a timely tale of national and personal conflict over bodies of water. Shah's narration is steady and constant, bringing us closer to the harsh realities of life for this fisherman and his fellow villagers in what, for most listeners, is a faraway land. Shah has a slightly nasal timbre, but he makes up for it with a delivery that is earnest and well paced. Fans of world literature will welcome this new landscape with open ears. M.R. © AudioFile 2019, Portland, Maine [Published: OCTOBER 2019]