“There is much to admire in The Heart Broke In . . . shines like a literary oasis.”
“. . . pedophilia wrapped up in fancy words.”
“. . . an introspective and contemporary character study. . . . a well-measured and mature debut.”
“. . . both charming and touching . . . [a] fresh take on an old and venerable institution . . .”
“. . . deserves a bright spotlight on the literary stage . . .”
Seventeen-year-old Christine Bolz works as a domestic for the Bauermans in a small German Village.
“The tenderness with which Ms. Reisz writes the love story that develops between these two men belies genre and stereotype. . . . This is not your mother’s Harlequin romance.”
“. . . 500 pages of hypnotic, pokey verbosity. . . . The writing is amazing.”
“. . . you’ll be glad you got on for the ride—and made it safely to the end.”
“. . . the writing is so beautiful, personal, and alive, so in the moment . . .”
“. . . a potboiler of a thing, something that would have, during the studio era, been the stuff of a B picture.”
“A Walk Across the Sun is the kind of literature that should be celebrated and honored.”
“In The Homegoing we enter this world as outsiders, but through Michael Olin-Hitt’s tender revelations we experience a sense of coming home.”
“. . . will reward a patient, reflective reader.”
“. . . a parable for modernized, globalized, restless identity.”
Beggar’s Feast, by its title alone, introduces a wry tone.
“Mr. Lodge writes beautifully . . . irresistible . . .”
“The writing is all too coy, too precious, too studied . . . Still, there is talent here, undeniable talent . . .”
“. . . fiendishly funny. . . . Dante himself would probably applaud.”
“. . . the life Mr. Schlink assiduously documents brims with hope.”
“. . . [a] febrile but readable novel . . .”
“. . . filled with wonderfully zany characters Agatha Christie would have killed for.”
“. . . a work that is rich in the details of the artist’s outer and inner life . . .”
“. . . heroic yet ethically complex characters and a simple plot.”
“. . . recommended to Mr. Kiš’ admirers as well as to all readers of Eastern European literature in translation and of short form fiction.”
“. . . a series of entertaining, even endearing characters . . . make this a worthy read.”
Lies, lust, and betrayal form the backbone of this Southern story.
