PRAISE FOR ANITA BROOKNER

“Anita Brookner has staked out a distinctive territory … and made it clear that she is one of the finest novelists of her generation.”

The New York Times

“The meaty topics that Brookner assays — wifehood, motherhood, and lust — are a pleasure to follow.”

The New Yorker

“Brookner’s vision of human behavior is scrupulously honest, without ever being cruel.”

— Hilma Wolitzer, Chicago Tribune

“[Brookner’s] strength has been her honest, sympathetic portrayal of a person’s secret thoughts, fears and desires — usually passionately at odds with one’s outward demeanor.”

Cleveland Plain Dealer

“Anita Brookner works a spell on the reader; being under it is both an education and a delight.”

Washington Post Book World

“Brookner’s portraits of inner life are unsurpassable — always penetrating and astoundingly on the mark.”

Cosmopolitan