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Book SynopsisAn astounding novel that penetrates the 20th-century experience, from one of Europe's most feted authors
Trade ReviewThe year's finest novel . . . a truly remarkable achievement. Makine will surely one day win the Nobel Prize. * Francis King, Books of the Year,
Spectator *
Undisputedly a novelist of genius . . . a remarkable work *
Spectator *
One of the most extraordinary novels I've read for a long time . . . endlessly fascinating and beautifully written *
Sunday Herald *
Hold[s] the reader in an emotional captivity from which there is no escape till long after the book has been put down * Andrey Kurkov,
Guardian *
This is a novel to read, and read again, with ever-deepening admiration. * Allan Massie,
Literary Review *
One of the greatest European novelists of our time . . . When you leave a Makine novel, you are simultaneously bereft and enriched. *
Herald *
With remarkable concision, he takes what could be vast and weighty topics - nationality, identity, memory and truth - and creates a series of unforgettable images and incidents. *
Daily Mail *
'I was mightily impressed by The Earth and Sky of Jacques Dorme . . . it's beautifully crafted and still resonates. A modern masterpiece." * George Rosie, Books of the Year,
Sunday Herald *
'Makine packs great steppes-full of history into compact, bejewelled boxes of prose... An epic novel in - perfect - miniature.' * Boyd Tonkin,
Independent *
