'These tales of unconventional love reinforce Levy's reputation as a major contemporary writer who never pulls her punches.' The Independent




'Metropolitan and knowingly sophisticated.' Sunday Times




'These ominous, odd, erotic stories burrow deep into your brain.' Financial Times




'A collection of mischievous vignettes of Mitteleuropa.' The Telegraph




'Like their protagonists, these stories are powerful because they ... Read moreare fragmentary, elliptical.' The Guardian




'Levy's pen is a volatile weapon.' The Observer




'Levy sensitively conveys the phenomenology of textures, of skin and breath. Embedded in her coiled, polished sentences is the drive that pushes us together, and forces us apart.' Times Literary Supplement Show Less