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Time Capsule by Mitch Berman (G.P.
Putnam’s Sons, cloth;
Ballantine Books, paper) |
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"High-intensity jazz for the
very sharpest of readers." — Kurt Vonnegut "Seduces the reader ... Mitch
Berman’s prose is risky and phonic, emanating from the horn of jazz. ... Time
Capsule is a first novel worth reading." —
"Terrifically interesting to
read and to consider ... What a courageous, audacious gesture Mitch
Berman has made ... what an absolutely perfect ear for dialogue he
has. This is a brave and heartening book." —
Carolyn See, "Sweeps through all of the
emotions and expressions of humankind. ... Berman’s style makes this
novel a vibrant piece of work. This is a book for one’s personal time
capsule." —
Associated Press "Trenchant
wit ... marvelous climactic scenes ... the rich, jazzy
Barthelmesque inventiveness of Time Capsule is a constant
pleasure." — "In Time Capsule, a
ghostlike past and an ominous future merge in a perfect and frightening
counterpoint. The beat is jazz, the message is hope." — Mary Morris "Like a pied piper lying
down a hypnotic line of patter, he draws us along. We go willingly because
he’s fun and quick and sharp." — San Diego Union |
"Mitch Berman is a brave
soul and a gifted writer — a young man willing to take on the most
terrifying theme of our century and wrestle it to the ground." — Russell
Banks "Zany, brilliant, funny, and
inventive. A science-fictional Huckleberry Finn. ... There’s
absolutely nothing like it." — Ishmael
Reed "An extraordinary new voice
in American fiction." — Donald Barthelme "A true tour de force." — Gail
Godwin "The adventures of these two
men are so real that you can feel their pain, experience their joy, smell the air they breathe .... Berman displays
a delightful mastery of the language." — "A classic .... engages the reader from start to finish .... In
the end, Time Capsule becomes a harrowing, mystical book that is
almost impossible to put down." —Knoxville
News-Sentinel "Berman’s writing is
reminiscent of a Thelonius Monk solo." —San Francisco
Chronicle "Berman has language and
heart... Time Capsule’s strength lies in the riskiness of its writing,
in its evocation of raw, inexpressible feeling." — Village Voice |