RaveNew York Journal of Books... a rich tapestry of love and loss, longing and joy, adventure and regret ... As all good stories do, The Starless Sea immerses the reader in romance and adventure before finally arriving at a heart-warming, enchanting ending ... Readers who enjoy rich, luscious prose will sink into The Starless Sea like a luxurious bubble bath, delighting all of their senses. And once they finish it, they will find it difficult to resist the temptation to immediately re-read it so that they can see all the pieces of its puzzle come together.
Salman Rushdie
RaveThe New York Journal of BooksCombining satire, magical realism, and Salman Rushdie’s signature vibrant prose, Quichotte has twists and turns that linger long after the final page ... Quichotte’s encounters range from magical—a son conjured from a falling star and a wish; to violent face-offs with racial intolerance; to the fantastic, including people morphing into mastodons. Yet the reader is so enamored of Quichotte’s hopeless quest that we accept everything, even as Quichotte accepts it as he topples over the fine line between reality and insanity ... a richly textured, tightly woven tapestry of a novel ... Fans of Rushdie’s lush prose and capricious plotting will definitely want to schedule uninterrupted time to savor his latest, Quichotte.
Harper Lee, Illustrated by Fred Fordham
PositiveNew York Journal of BooksIn this new adaptation of Lee\'s classic, Fordham\'s use of a limited color palette creates a vintage feel to his artwork. And while the print is on the small size and on a few pages the panels feel crowded, using a standard size hardcover format makes the book easy to hold whether you\'re a child or an adult reading aloud to children—or for your own pleasure. Despite missing the longer passages of description and commentary found in the original—the bits that children tend to skip anyway—the heart of Lee\'s fictional 1933 Maycomb is faithfully recreated via the art and dialogue. In fact, this edition of To Kill a Mockingbird is maybe even a bit more heartbreaking than the original as the focus is more on the children with little distraction ... a worthy partner to the original, providing a clarion call for civility, equality, and justice for all.
