An expertly structured, morally complicated, and surprisingly timely blend of fact and fiction. -Kirkus
The prose of Argentinian writer Martin Kohan, above all in the most recent books, conveys a clinical precision and cool distance. From one novel to another, however, the effects are different. - Edmundo Paz Soldan -Edmundo Paz Soldan , author of TURING'S DELIRIUM and NORTE
Propulsive and unsparing, Kohan's prose mimics the uncertainties of history and suggests that truth resides somewhere between official record and popular memory and that reality is thorny, ambiguous, and fully human in its messiness. -Kirkus
Hypnotic prose. A writer who owns a literary universe and a style all his own; a writer of unquestionable solidity. -El periodico
Confession delves into Kohan's poetics in an agile and determined manner, preserving his affectionate distance from the intimate affairs of his characters, as well as his freedom vis-a-vis militant writing -Latin American Literature Today
A stupendous novel. -El Pais
One of Argentina's greatest living writers. -La gaceta literaria
A fantastic writer whose texts question established ideas. -Letras Libres
Kohan works with tradition and with the Borgesian idea of the traitor and the hero. He chooses three situations and explores them minutely. -La Nacion
Kohan's novel understands and helps to understand; it delimits, records, pursues and reaches the most slippery crevices of history. -Letralia
The end result is a fluid, disturbing novel, one that neither resorts to low blows nor commonplaces when it comes to the military regime and the disappeared, but puts its finger on that concept that still causes unease when spoken aloud: civilian complicity. -La primera piedra
Martin Kohan is becoming an obligatory name in Argentinian literature. -Pagina/12
With a gift for totally natural dialogue, Kohan writes with an elegant lightness, paying great attention to rhythm. His specialty is the measured, exact word. Impeccable -El Mundo
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Praise for Martin Kohan
The worthy successor of Borges, Sabato and Bioy Casares. -Le Devoir
Propulsive and unsparing, Kohan's prose mimics the uncertainties of history and suggests that truth resides somewhere between official record and popular memory and that reality is thorny, ambiguous, and fully human in its messiness. -Kirkus
Hypnotic prose. A writer who owns a literary universe and a style all his own; a writer of unquestionable solidity. -El periodico
A stupendous novel. -El Pais
One of Argentina's greatest living writers. -La gaceta literaria
A fantastic writer whose texts question established ideas. -Letras Libres
Kohan works with tradition and with the Borgesian idea of the traitor and the hero. He chooses three situations and explores them minutely. -La Nacion
Kohan's novel understands and helps to understand; it delimits, records, pursues and reaches the most slippery crevices of history. -Letralia
The end result is a fluid, disturbing novel, one that neither resorts to low blows nor commonplaces when it comes to the military regime and the disappeared, but puts its finger on that concept that still causes unease when spoken aloud: civilian complicity. -La primera piedra
Martin Kohan is becoming an obligatory name in Argentinian literature. -Pagina/12
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