News - Book Reviews
News - Book Reviews
Samantha Hunt’s MR. SPLITFOOT was reviewed in The Millions (where it was named one of the “Most Anticipated Books of 2016”), Paste, Bustle, Refinery29, BookPage, Chronogram, and BookBrowse. Said Chronogram, “An entrancing, modern, haunted tale that seems drawn from the very bones of Hudson Valley history … An exuberant writer, Hunt furnishes every millimeter of her story with life, with palpable losses, longing, desire, tenderness, and even the trappings of pop culture. If you're craving the tangy prose and warm sweep of a really well-wrought novel, you'll find it here.” Houghton Mifflin Harcourt published the book on January 5, 2016....
Samantha Hunt’s MR. SPLITFOOT received starred reviews in Kirkus and Publishers Weekly, which said, “Hunt’s ethereal third novel…deftly straddles the slippery line between fantasy and reality in a story that’s both gripping and wonderfully mystifying…This spellbinder is storytelling at its best.” Kirkus said, “A truly fantastic novel in which the blurring of natural and supernatural creates a stirring, visceral conclusion.” Houghton Mifflin Harcourt published the book on January 5, 2016.....
Samantha Hunt’s MR. SPLITFOOT was reviewed in New York Times Book Review, New York Magazine, Washington Post, and New York Journal of Books. Said Gregory Maguire in the New York Times Book Review, “I suspect that Samantha Hunt’s third novel, Mr. Splitfoot, will haunt me… I’ve dog-eared so many pages in honor of vivid prose that my advance reader’s copy of Mr. Splitfoot curls up with fattened corners. Hunt renders as ornate and magical the tired landscape of Troy and upstate New York... Hypnotic and glowing.” Houghton Mifflin Harcourt published the book on January 5, 2016.....
Kirkus has reviewed WHERE WE WANT TO LIVE, calling it an “uplifting story about what people can accomplish working for a common purpose they make their own.” St. Martin’s Press will publish the book on March 15, 2016....
Publishers Weekly has reviewed A NONE’S STORY by Corinna Nicolau, calling it “perfect for those looking to ground themselves in the overlapping but often contradictory morals of the world’s major religions, Nicolaou’s book vividly and respectfully unpacks the nature of spiritual practice.” Columbia University Press will publish the book on April 5, 2016....
Publishers Weekly has reviewed NEUROLOGIC, and said of the book, “[Sternberg’s] assessment of relevant research is thorough and engaging, and where his lively narrative is not sufficiently descriptive, illustrations are provided.” Pantheon will publish the book on January 12, 2016....
NPR affiliate WHSU has reviewed THE INVADERS, calling it “a scathing and disturbing picture that she paints of this exclusive and seemingly unspoiled and idyllic community that harbors darkness and isolation, but it’s a convincing and compelling one.” ReganArts published the book on July 7, 2015...
Jessica Tom, author of FOOD WHORE, was profiled in the NEW YORK POST both online and in print. The book, published by William Morrow on October 27, 2015, is described as “THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA for foodies....”
Idra Novey’s debut novel WAYS TO DISAPPEAR received a boxed, starred review in Publishers Weekly, which said, “Idra Novey’s briskly paced first novel is a clever literary mystery and a playful portrait of the artist as a young translator…it has its share of violence and romance—it reads like an Ali Smith novel with a fun Brazilian noir vibe. But underlying these comic noir elements is an eloquent meditation on the art and anxiety of translation, as well as a story about literature as a means of revelation and concealment.....”
Kirkus has reviewed NEUROLOGIC, calling it "enthralling and highly thought-provoking," as well as "a fine exploration of the brain's ability to draw the story of our life, from experience and from thin air." Pantheon will publish the book on January 12, 2016.....