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"Unerringly graceful. . . . A striking book that's every bit as powerful–and timely–as its predecessor. . . . A masterpiece."
–NPR "Flawlessly constructed."
–The Boston Globe "Heartbreakingly resonant."
–San Francisco Chronicle "Lyrical, hypnotic."
–The Wall Street Journal "A careful, damning study of the forms of disaster humanity brings down on itself."
–Vulture "A beguiling tale about skewed morals, reckless lives and necessary means of escape."
–The Economist "A wondrously entertaining novel."
–Slate "A master in her prime . . . a marvel of intricacy from beginning to end."
–Entertainment Weekly "Mandel's gift is to weave realism out of extremity. She plants her flag where the ordinary and the astonishing meet. . . . She is our bard of waking up in the wrong time line."
–The New Yorker
"Richly satisfying. . . . Deeply imagined, philosophically profound."
–The Atlantic