Pressen skrev:
»Superb ... The beauty of Aciman's writing and the purity of his passions should place this extraordinary first novel within the canon of great romantic love stories for everyone.«? The Washington Post Book World
»This novel is hot ... a love letter, an invocation, and something of an epitaph ... An exceptionally beautiful book.«? The New York Times Book Review
»The novel is richly, sensuously detailed ... luminous ... Aciman deftly charts a burgeoning relationship that both parties want and fear.«? The Boston Globe