About the author
Amal El-Mohtar is a Lebanese Canadian writer, poet, critic, and teacher. Her fiction and poetry draw on fairy tale, myth, language, and the ways intimate bonds survive systems designed to separate people.
The River Has Roots follows two sisters whose lives are tied to a river and to old forms of song and story. Its short form gives the logic of folklore room to remain strange without turning every mystery into an explanation.
Where to start
Start with The River Has Roots for El-Mohtar's lyrical fantasy of sisterhood, music, and the dangerous terms on which the human and enchanted worlds meet.
