RaveLos Angeles Review of BooksThe strong temptation of an autobiographical reading does make it all the more admirable that Near Flesh instead invites us to take in Dunn’s short fiction on its own terms—to examine the collection in direct sunlight, beyond the long shadows of Geek Love and Dunn’s lived experience. Happily, the 18 stories gathered here (two-thirds of which have not been previously published) hold up to the scrutiny ... Even—especially—at its most grotesque, Dunn’s prose has a real verve to it ... It’s a tall order, reinventing English and all, but one that Near Flesh often delivers on.
PositiveLos Angeles Review of BooksWhat’s more surprising about The Bewitching—delightfully so—is that the book ultimately demands no real personal growth of its main protagonist ... It’s frankly a relief to encounter a novel that so fully honors the aliveness of the past, and the right of lone wolves to stay lonely.
Olga Tokarczuk
RaveThe San Francisco ChronicleA mischievous fairy tale about transformation, emotion and ambiguity. These are bracing remedies for a world that too often forces us toward stasis, indifference and binaries ... As ever, Tokarczuk’s prose — and Antonia Lloyd-Jones’ glorious translation thereof from the Polish — will knock the wind out of you ... Resonant.
Kelly Link
RaveThe San Francisco ChronicleDelivers plenty of...trademark dream logic while also making full use of the longer form to simmer characters, relationships and setting to the point of profound tenderness ... An intriguing cast of characters who each nurse their own tangles of kinship and loss ... A refreshing celebration of the special alchemies that animate human connection of all kinds.
