Nathan Englander is the author of the novel The Ministry of Special Cases and the story collections For the Relief of Unbearable Urges and What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank, a winner of the Frank O’Connor International Short Story Award, and a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. He is Distinguished Writer-in-Residence at New York University and lives in Brooklyn, New York, with his wife and daughter.
"[A] bold, compassionate, genre-hopping novel." —The New York Times
Book Review
"Superb: a work of psychological precision and moral force, with an
immediacy that captures both timeless human truth and the
perplexities of the present day." —Colson Whitehead
"[A] brutal, beautiful masterpiece." —NPR
"Exhilarating." —Los Angeles Times
"Haunting." —Esquire
"A subtle, nuanced, fierce novel." —Julian Barnes, The Guardian
"One of more consistently brilliant, bold, and funny writers."
—Dave Eggers
"Dinner at the Center of the Earth blends elements of spy thriller
and love story, magical realism, and an all-too-real history of one
of the world’s most intractable problems: peace between Israel and
its neighbors." —The Boston Globe
"It’s difficult to describe Englander’s novel without giving
something away. There’s a delicious puzzle that becomes evident as
it unfolds. . . . As weighty and political as Dinner at the Center
of the Earth seems, it’s also a plot-driven page-turner. . . . We
must now compare Englander to Graham Greene as well as Philip Roth.
And he comes off well in the comparison." —Houston Chronicle
"Dinner at the Center of the Earth illuminates the zealot’s
blindness, the patriot’s struggle for clarity, and the enduring
dream of a coming together." —O, The Oprah Magazine
"Englander writes the stories I am always hoping for." —Geraldine
Brooks
"Moving. . . . A twisty tale of spycraft and false allegiances
unfolds, but what stands out is Mr. Englander’s insistence on
finding romance amid the violence and deception. . . . The ageless
struggle between Jews and Arabs comes to resemble a desperate
lover’s embrace." —The Wall Street Journal
"A literary spy thriller. . . . Englander is as wise and funny and
original and moving as ever." —Financial Times
"An absolute joy to read. . . . A dark, profound meditation on the
state of Israel and also a gripping thriller, full of twists and
moral ambiguity." —The Jewish Chronicle
"A wistful fantasy of an impossible Israeli-Palestinian romance."
—San Francisco Chronicle
"One of the best we have." —Column McCann
"A searing message about the difficulty of just action and human
connection amid the pingpong match of retaliation in the Middle
East." —Newsday
"[A] complicated but masterful exploration of the many
contradictions of the modern State of Israel." —Haaretz
"A riveting tale." —Austin Chronicle
"Smart and intriguing." —Library Journal
"Striking. . . . A thought-provoking political thriller with some
romance and cheeky humor thrown in for good measure." —BuzzFeed
"Clever, fragmented, pithy. . . . Englander is a wise observer with
an empathetic heart." —Publishers Weekly
"Englander has produced a masterpiece of literary imagination that
seems to mirror his own evolution." —The Jerusalem Post
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