RaveThe Los Angeles Review of Books\"In her latest work, she dares to have a sense of humor and reveal a glistening vulnerability about creative work ... has a sharper sense of humor than its predecessors. In it, Kushner’s fiction seems to have gained a thrilling self-awareness, expressed through in-jokes that presume a readerly understanding...and images that resist analysis...We’ll get it, Kushner seems to think; gratifyingly, she trusts us to keep up ... Creation Lake is the closest to an ars poetica that Kushner has ever given us, her ravening, greedy, ill-mannered horde of readers. And one thing’s for certain: neither admirers nor detractors appear able to look away.\
Alexis Landau
RaveLos Angeles Review of BooksA book that actually thrives in its accretion of quotidian detail ... This capacious novel takes its time, carving out space for reflection on the stages of motherhood, the terrified obedience of Ava’s childhood... and the murky nuances of her marriage ... A novel unafraid to be lurid and weird, as well as cutting in its excellent social examinations and microcommentaries.
