About Anthea Bell

Critical Acclaim for Anthea Bell

"...There is hardly another German-speaking writer who is as sure of his milieu as Arjouni is. He draws incredibly vivid pictures of people and their fates in just a few words. He is a master of the sketch – and the caricature – who operates with the most economic of means...." - Philip Gooden, Die Welt, Berlin

"...Arjouni is a master of authentic background descriptions and an original story teller..." - Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung

"...Arjouni tells real-life stories, and they virtually never have a happy ending. He tells them so well, with such flexible dialogue and cleverly maintained tension, that it is impossible to put his books down..." - El País, Madrid

"...His virtuosity, humour and feeling for tension are a ray of hope in literature on the other side of the Rhine..." - Actuel, Paris

"...A genuine storyteller who beguiles his readers without the need of tricks..." - L'Unità, Milan