Electrifying ... The flashes of insight about her characters are brilliant, and frightening ... Still, the depictions of grief in Nebraska border on the transcendent ... Not merely a novel of a murder, maladapted immigrants, the limits of the American justice system or the loneliness of marriage. It is all of that, and more.
Labyrinthine ... Her tale demands careful attention and an adventurous spirit from the reader. An ambitious and layered family saga by an original voice.
