A novel that expands the boundaries of literature, drawing on memory, anthropology and the best of what fiction has to offer.--Itamar Vieira Junior, author of Prayer and Crooked Plow

A profound and brief gem of a book. A glimpse into our inner ghosts, common flaws, and their echoes in our present.--Djaimilia Pereira de Almeida, author of That Hair

Both a spellbinding recounting and a necessary accounting, giving voice across centuries to an iconic figure silenced by history and colonialism and never fully heard from before. Utilizing every tool fiction has to offer, Verunschk, in Barbassa's lively translation, crafts an innovative, unforgettable novel.--John Keene, author of Counternarratives

An ambitious, lyrical excavation of Brazil's colonial history, full of energy and anger. I can still hear it roar, in Barbassa's powerful translation.--Bruna Dantas Lobato, author of Blue Light Hours

A remarkable project. Juliana Barbassa's translation is profoundly thoughtful, brilliantly bold, and brimming with hope and fellow feeling.--Jennifer Croft, author of The Extinction of Irena Rey

Brazilian writer Verunschk reckons with her country's colonial history in her vital English-language debut... [a] polyphonic attempt to give voice to the voiceless.-- "Publishers Weekly"

The subject is essential, and the writing is ambitious and energetic. A potent concoction of research and imagination, encouraging us to reexamine how we construct our own histories.-- "Kirkus Reviews"

The lush and lyrical storytelling cocoons readers in a mystical experience, deftly weaving the resonant voices.... The children's confinement bursts into dreamlike imagery.... This immersive tale imparts feelings of enchantment and curiosity stained by the inquietude of colonial violence. This is a luminous and poetic journey that contemplates the silenced truths of Indigenous resilience in vivid detail.--Andrienne Cruz, Booklist, starred review

This immersive tale imparts feelings of enchantment and curiosity stained by the inquietude of colonial violence... A luminous and poetic journey that contemplates the silenced truths of Indigenous resilience in vivid detail.--Andrienne Cruz "Booklist"

The Jaguar's Roar progresses in short episodes that are often sharply illuminating, like lightning strikes.--Alden Mudge "BookPage"

The Jaguar's Roar is a spellbinding poetic novel-- "Platform"

[The Jaguar's Roar] is a necessarily disturbing novel about the ongoing erasure and dispossession of Brazil's Indigenous people--Allison Meakem "Foreign Policy"

The Jaguar's Roar, by Brazilian writer Micheliny Verunschk, is perhaps unlike any novel you've ever read. Indeed, "novel" might be too narrow a description. It's more like a roar, a howl from the depths of Brazil's violent past: a spellbinding retelling of a colonial-era encounter from the native's perspective. But, more than that, it's a reclamation of lost worldviews and voices, in which rivers and oceans, jaguars and ghosts all get to speak.--Anderson Tepper "Words without Borders"

Lyrical, captivating prose..., The Jaguar's Roar is the resulting text, masterfully blending historical and literary fiction to restore the voices of those silenced by colonialism.--Hilary Ilkay "Asymptote Journal"