Lyrical as a poem, psychologically rich as a thriller, funny, dark, warm, and as knowing of place as any travel book or memoir, The Sunlit Night marks the appearance of a brave talent
Jonathan Safran Foer
A playful, arresting and enchanting new voice
Liz Jensen
A richly imagined and darkly comic story about loneliness and love ... Read moreat the top of the world
Jenny Offill, author of Dept. of Speculation
Dinerstein has done readers a big favor not only by writing this luminous story about love, family, and the bewilderment of being young but also by bringing them into an otherworldly setting: a nightless Arctic summer on the spectacular Lofoten Islands. Enchanting in every way
Maggie Shipstead, author of Astonish Me
By turns ravishing and hilarious, The Sunlit Night is more than a shining debut - it's the work of a young master. Dinerstein writes of her two lovers with sensitivity and chutzpah: human drama, a nightless summer, the transformative power of nature. Here's an exciting new voice that sings perfectly in key
Darin Strauss, author of Half a Life
The Sunlit Night heralds the beginning of an intriguing career in fiction during which Dinerstein will hopefully continue to take us off the beaten path
Huffington Post
This oddball romance has a magnificent backdrop - a small island near the Arctic Circle where the sun never sets ... Funny, sad and sharply observed
Psychologies
Refreshing ... Lyrical but it's observant and witty, too. What made the novel special for me was the striking sense of place and effortless evocation of grief that push the two central characters towards each other
Daily Mail
Luminous ... Dinerstein brings a contagious wonder to her storytelling
O, the Oprah Magazine
Quirky, exuberant ... The Sunlit Night is a novel about grief, separation and disruption - and the curative qualities of love and landscape
Wall Street Journal
Lush and compelling
Grazia
The Norwegian Arctic of Dinerstein's imagination is a strange and wonderful place ... The constant sunlight of midsummer feeds the book's dreamy, surreal quality
The New York Times Book Review
Darkly charming ... Dinerstein's prose is detailed, and keeps the novel grounded as the characters face the arctic summer's end
New Yorker
Extraordinarily captivating ... Told against the extraordinary backdrop of sun-filled, endless Norwegian days, of the unique and striking colours that seep out and shine through Dinerstein's vibrant, precise, sun-splashed prose ... This poetic novel is beautifully paced ... A compassionate novel
Irish Times
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