Stranger Faces

National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist A New Yorker Best Book of 2020 "Wise, warm, witty and dizzyingly wide-ranging."— The New York Times "Serpell’s vital treatise is one readers will find themselves returning to again and again."— Publishers Weekly, Starred Review If evolutionary biologists, ethical philosophers, and social media gurus are to be believed, the face is the basis for what we call "humanity." The face is considered the source of identity, truth, beauty, authenticity, and empa