RaveThe New York Times Book Review... superb ... Statovci, in Hackston’s eloquent translation, evokes the affair with delicacy and precision ... Likewise, Statovci nails Arsim’s marriage to the tenacious, ultimately indomitable Ajshe, who practices a sort of conjugal aikido, calmly absorbing and assimilating transgressions that ought to estrange her, and are meant to ... surprise follows surprise; none feels willed or fanciful but rather received, as if Statovci is no longer the story’s author but its amanuensis. An occasional surfeit of similes is the prose’s one minor flaw. Bolla is a splendid achievement and Statovci a major talent.
