RaveTimes Literary Supplement (UK)Rich, unsettling ... Maja, too, is a compelling character ... This is a moving, elegant and frequently uncomfortable novel about the emotional stakes of difficult choices made amid the most unbearable situations.
Emmanuel Carrère, trans. by John Lambert
RaveTimes Literary Supplement (UK)Carrère’s sensitivity and eye for telling, pathetic detail are on display throughout this collection ... Carrère does not blur the boundaries of fact and fiction. But he does bring a novelistic technique to bear on his reporting ... Notable.
