Sunil Yapa

author of Your Heart Is a Muscle the Size of a Fist

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  • The new year explodes with a fantastic debut novel...enthralling.

    —Ron Charles, The Washington Post
  • A literary molotov cocktail to light up the dark.

    —Colum McCann, author of the National Book Award winner Let the Great World Spin
  • Stunning…the best novel I’ve read in a long time.

    —Karen Maeda Allman, Elliot Bay Book Company (Seattle, WA)
  • Noteworthy, capital-I Important

    —Library Journal (Starred Review)
  • An absorbing, multi-faceted, acutely hopeful novel.

    —Patrick deWitt, author of Undermajordomo Minor and The Sisters Brothers
  • Glorious…an open-armed love letter to humanity

    —Tiphanie Yanique, author of Land of Love and Drowning
  • Chilling...A memorable, pulse-pounding literary experience.

    —Publisher's Weekly
  • Stunningly orchestrated…marshals all the vital forces of our existence.

    —Dinaw Mengestu, author of All Our Names

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Amazon Spotlight Pick January 2016 • Barnes and Noble Discover Great New Writers Winter '16
Indies Introduce Pick Winter '16 • Indie Next Pick Jan '16
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Featured Interview

NPR Morning Edition: When 'Your Heart Is A Muscle,' Empathy Is A Revolutionary Act

When Sunil Yapa's laptop was stolen, he didn't just lose his computer — he also lost the 600-page novel saved on it. Yapa summoned the will to write it all over again — but a little shorter this time...Read More

  • A literary molotov cocktail to light up the dark.

    —Colum McCann, author of the National Book Award winner Let the Great World Spin
  • Stunning…the best novel I’ve read in a long time.

    —Karen Maeda Allman, Elliot Bay Book Company (Seattle, WA)
  • Noteworthy, capital-I Important

    —Library Journal (Starred Review)>
  • An absorbing, multi-faceted, acutely hopeful novel.

    —Patrick deWitt, author of Undermajordomo Minor and The Sisters Brothers
  • Glorious…an open-armed love letter to humanity

    —Tiphanie Yanique, author of Land of Love and Drowning
  • Chilling...A memorable, pulse-pounding literary experience.

    —Publisher's Weekly
  • Stunningly orchestrated…this novel marshals all the vital forces of our existence.

    —Dinaw Mengestu, author of All Our Names
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