“[T]here’s poetry, fantasy, grim horror. Demanding and magnificent.” — London Times
“A haunted, erotic tale. . . . A translation of Faulkner’s Southern Gothic into Dutch.” — The Seattle Times-Post Intelligencer
“Graceful. . . beautifully written.” — Publishers Weekly
“Enigmatic…this deftly woven story, subtly but beutifully written, rewards with its polished, discreet exploration of a family still suffering from the wounds of a conflict acted out on the body and the spirit.” — Publishers Weekly
“With this novel, Moring has finally joined the ranks of the most important European writers of his generation.” — Die Welt
“Mysterious, magical and full of suspense, one of the mostsingular and extraordinary reading experiences I have ever had.” — NRC Handel
“Ingenious storytelling..resonant. . . entertaining. . . . Marcel Moring and his protaganist Nathan are such skillful and prolific storytellers that fact, fiction, and fairy tale blur together, pleasurably . . . a splendidly accomplished novel.” — The Boston Globe
“A moving and convincing testimony to the continuing tension between the desire for assimilation and the awareness of seperateness Marcel Moring is beyond doubt one of the most imaginative and perceptive novelists writing today. — The Times Literary Supplement
“A grand, engrossing novel...Moring’s prose is fluid and erudite, and the transitions between the many eras masterfully achieved...As historically instructive as it is suspenseful, this is an impressivem accomplished tale of a perennially uprooted family and its last remaining members seeking their home in an inhospitable world.” — Publishers Weekly