“Luminous…This slender, exquisite book rewards on many levels.”
–Kirkus Reviews
–Kirkus Reviews
Arriving September 2020
“One fascinating essay after another from one of America’s best critics.”
–Kirkus Reviews
–Kirkus Reviews
Longlisted for the 2019 PEN Art of the Essay Prize
“Brilliant…A stellar contribution to the genre of memoirs about reading.”
–Emily Wilson, The Guardian
–Emily Wilson, The Guardian
A Best Book of the Year: NPR, Kirkus, Library Journal, Newsday, The Christian Science Monitor
“Our most irresistible literary critic.”
–The New York Times
–The New York Times
Shortlisted for the PEN Art of the Essay Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award in Criticism
“Mendelsohn’s Cavafy is itself a work of art.”
–The New York Times Book Review
–The New York Times Book Review
A Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year
“Brilliant…One of the best critics going.”
–The New York Observer
–The New York Observer
A Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year
“A work of awful, heartbreaking, tragic suspense…A book of the decade, easily, and likely a book of the century.”
–Lee Child, The New York Times Book Review
–Lee Child, The New York Times Book Review
Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award and the National Jewish Book Award
“Brainy and beautiful…wise, startling, and wonderfully unclassifiable.”
–Newsweek
–Newsweek
A New York Times Notable Book and a Los Angeles Times Best Book of 1999
