The Submission

Críticas

A coherent, timely, and fascinating examination of a grieving America's relationship with itself. Waldman...excels at involving the reader in vibrant dialogues in which the level of the debate is high and the consequences significant.

-- "Washington Post"

A gorgeously written novel of ideas...The Submission is sure to generate a lot of discussion in book clubs across the land.

-- "NPR"

The Submission reads as if the author had embraced Tom Wolfe's famous call for a new social realism...and in doing so has come up with a story that has more verisimilitude, more political resonance, and way more heart than Mr. Wolfe's own 1987 bestseller, The Bonfire of the Vanities.

-- "New York Times Book Review"

Waldman addresses with a refreshing frankness thorny moral questions and ethical ironies without resorting to breathless hyperbole.

-- "Publishers Weekly"

Poised and commanding...A stellar debut. Waldman's book reflects a much-needed understanding of American paranoia in the post-9/11 world.

-- "Kirkus Reviews"

Addictively readable...Not unlike The Wire's David Simon...Waldman has an eye for the less sound bite-worthy but crucial ways in which ideology and influence make their imprint on the world.

-- "Vogue"

Gripping, deeply intelligent...Panoramic in scope but thrillingly light on its feet...[A] dazzling tapestry of a grieving city.

-- "Marie Claire"

A masterful debut...Waldman unspools her story with the truth-bound grit of a seasoned journalist and the elegance of a born novelist.

-- "Entertainment Weekly"

Reseña del editor

Selected for a jury that must choose an appropriate memorial for September 11 victims, Claire Burwell struggles to navigate a media firestorm when the winning designer is revealed as an enigmatic Muslim-American.