“Wings Like Dust is a quiet masterpiece. Claire Monet has written a novel so precise and emotionally devastating that it leaves the reader quietly rearranged.”
— The New York Times Book Review
Wings Like Dust
In the quiet suburbs of a city that never sleeps, Arton Sam appears to be living an ordinary life—until a single letter arrives that dismantles everything he thought he knew about the people closest to him. As long-buried family secrets surface, Arton is forced to confront the invisible distances we keep even from those we love most. With luminous prose and unflinching tenderness, Wings Like Dust explores the fragile architecture of memory, the weight of what remains unspoken, and the quiet courage required to begin again.
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Published on
May 22, 2026
Published by
Del Rey
Pages
346
Edition
First
Praise and reviews
“With luminous restraint, Monet captures the terrifying gap between what we know of others and what we can never know. A novel that lingers like dust in sunlight.”
— The Paris Review
“Monet has a rare gift: she makes the ordinary feel sacred. Wings Like Dust is a profound meditation on the secrets we keep even from those we love most.”
— LitHub
“A novel of exquisite tenderness and unflinching honesty. Claire Monet understands the weight of silence better than any writer working today.”
— The New Yorker
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