Early reviews of THE EXPERT OF SUBTLE REVISIONS are starting to come in! A few highlights:
“…an eloquent story of time travel and family secrets…Menger-Anderson does an excellent job of recreating the fraught academic and cultural life of Vienna before the 1938 Anschluss, and she effectively sustains the pretzel logic of time travel. It’s an appealing intellectual mystery.” – Publishers Weekly
“In her brilliant, unsettling novel, Kirsten Menger-Anderson reminds the reader that every nuance counts. Before, history was written by the victor; now, an army of volunteers with pseudonyms like ‘Manifold’ battle and edit each Wikipedia page. From Vienna to San Francisco, I was swept away by this fascinating search for family and for answers.” – Janet Skeslien Charles, New York Times bestselling author of The Paris Library and Miss Morgan’s Book Brigade
“Essayist and short story writer Menger-Anderson melds history and SF in her debut novel about loss, yearning, and the nature of reality… As [protagonist] Hase discovers, though, the past can never truly be escaped; the present is haunted by shadows.” – Kirkus
“Set in parallel historical eras, Kirsten Menger-Anderson’s fantastic novel of time-travelling mathematicians addresses the perilous line between brilliance and madness, the politics of hate, and the unsung women relegated to the shadows of history—all through a transporting story of love . . . and Wikipedia! If, like me, you become riled up over the difference between ‘accepted’ versus ‘chose’ or ‘killed’ versus ‘murdered’ then you too will absolutely love the brainy, vigilante spirit of The Expert of Subtle Revisions.” – Daphne Kalotay, author of The Archivists
“A touching and deftly constructed story about the most precious thing we have—time. From modern-day San Francisco to Croatia before the Great War and 1930s Vienna, Kirsten Menger-Anderson follows her characters as they try to solve the mysteries of science, faith, and love. A glorious book.” – Laila Lalami, author of Pulitzer Prize-finalist The Moor’s Account
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I will continue to post reviews as they come in! In the meantime, it’s not to late to preorder the book!