“Brookner’s vision of human behavior is scrupulously honest, without ever being cruel.… A gem of revelation.”
—Hilma Wolitzer, Chicago Tribune
“[With] remarkably beautiful prose and psychologically adept characterization.… Altered States [explores] the vast lonely plains upon which women and men meet.”
—Boston Globe
“Few contemporary novelists can match Ms. Brookner’s consistently high level of achievement: the penetration of her vision, the sense of conviction in what she is doing, and the unforced elegance of her writing.”
—Wall Street Journal
“Brilliant.… [A] fascinating, delectable, tragicomic novel of manners.… [Altered States] is deeply moving … witty and beautifully written.”
—Detroit Free Press
“Skillfully composed and enlivened with a subtle wit.… Within [an] essential paradox, Brookner finds room for humor as well as pathos.”
—Boston Book Review
“There can be no doubt that [Brookner] is one of the great writers of contemporary English fiction.”
—The Literary Review
“Anita Brookner works a spell on the reader; being under it is both an education and a delight.”
—Washington Post Book World