Sky Full of Elephants

Sky Full of Elephants

Author	Cebo Campbell
Publisher	Simon & Schuster
Publication date	2024
Pages	304
ISBN	978-1-6680-3492-7

Sky Full of Elephants is a novel by American writer Cebo Campbell, published in 2024 by Simon & Schuster. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]} It tells the story of a Black man who lives in a world in which all White people are gone. ^{[5] [6]} The book was featured in Aspen Words Literary Prize's 2025 long list. ^[7] The book received a starred review in Publishers Weekly , which wrote that it evoked Cormac McCarthy's novel The Road and that its plot was a "stunning allegory" that would spark much discussion. ^[8] It received a more critical review in Kirkus Reviews , which described it as a "plodding" novel weighed down by its "often too-florid prose and unrealistic dialogue". ^[1]

References

1. SKY FULL OF ELEPHANTS | Kirkus Reviews.
2. Campbell, Cebo (2024-09-13). "Sky Full of Elephants". Literary Hub. Retrieved 2025-07-02.
3. Puang, Serena (2024-09-08). "REVIEW: 'Sky Full of Elephants' world with no White people is designed to be uncomfortable". The Advocate. Retrieved 2025-07-02.
4. "Sky Full of Elephants by Cebo Campbell". Central Coast News. 2024-10-10. Retrieved 2025-07-03.
5. Gorin, David. "REVIEW | Sky Full of Elephants: Cebo Campbell's dystopian novel is a simplistic missed opportunity". News24. Retrieved 2025-07-02.
6. Tyler, Leah. "'Sky Full of Elephants' imagines a world without white people". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. ISSN   1539-7459 . Retrieved 2025-07-02.
7. Anderson, Porter (2024-11-18). "The $35,000 Aspen Words Literary Prize Names Its 2025 Longlist". Publishing Perspectives. Retrieved 2025-07-02.
8. "Sky Full of Elephants". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 4 July 2025.