"One of her profoundest visionary excursions." –Gail Godwin,
Chicago Tribune Book World "An extraordinary and compelling meditation about the enduring need for loyalty, love and responsibility." –
Time "A brilliant fable." –Maureen Howard, front page,
The New York Times Book Review "Doris Lessing again presents herself as one of the most intelligent of all modern novelists." –
Philadelphia Bulletin "The most fluid and suggestive of all her books." –
St. Louis Post-Dispatch "A short, easily read novel...part science fiction and part 19th-century realism, its effect is profoundly affecting and mystical... especially moving for those who have responded to Lessing's previous work." –
Houston Chronicle "A major work, one that well proves her vigor, originality and importance as a novelist." –
Cleveland Free Press
