"A love story of astonishing power and delicious comedy . . . humane, richly comic, almost unbearably touching and altogether extraordinary." –
Newsweek "A rich, commodious novel whose narrative power is matched only by its generosity of vision." –
The New York Times
"Revolutionary in daring to suggest that vows of love made under a presumption of immortality–youthful idiocy, to some–may yet be honored, much later in life when we ought to know better, in the face of the undeniable. . . . A shining and heartbreaking book." –Thomas Pynchon,
The New York Times Book Review
