RaveThe Columbia Journal... a balancing act of various genres ... The narrative keeps a consistent thread of hunger and searching that is never frustrating and always disarming ... The political and social commentaries don’t feel saturated, even though they are a great part of what the author wanted to stress with this work ... Controversies and conflicts are present but T. Fleischmann speaks very naturally about them, regarding them as just another part of day to day life, and not dwelling on the topic ... We end up cheering for their resilience and esthetic stamina, their contagious impetus that exhorts us to go out and change the world. Or at the very least, try to.