LOVERS

"A languorous meditation on how accidents of fate shape a life."--Vogue

"There's a certain genre in fiction; the 'woman traveling alone in foreign country when things start to go wrong' story...not every writer can capture...that sense of impending doom and suspense that is almost Graham Greenish. Vendela Vida has nailed it." (Rating: 5 out of 5)--Linda Grana, Bookbrowse.com

"A beautiful, complex journey....Ideal for book clubs...it's filled with rich, luminous prose, and its deceptively delicate plot and pacing provide ample topics for discussion." (Rating: 5 out of 5)--Carrie LaGree, Bookbrowse.com

"Vida's work becomes clearer and more sophisticated with every book she writes; and THE LOVERS is her best and most disturbing novel yet."--San Francisco Chronicle

"[Vida's] third novel is further evidence that she can fashion characters as unpredictable as they are endearing...[THE LOVERS] is a satisfying, often brilliant portrait of a woman searching for relief from things that will not, she discovers at last with something like acceptance, go away."--New York Times Book Review

"THE LOVERS pulls you out to sea with a masterful hypnosis. I was so enthralled by the grief, the sticky and sandy details, and especially the perfect articulation of feminine self-awareness that I didn't realize how deep in I was. I read the last page with a tearful gasp."--Miranda July, author of NO ONE BELONGS HERE MORE THAN YOU

"[Vida] has an eye for understated details that leap from the page and linger in the soul...Vida deftly weaves the power of description into the broader tapestry of Yvonne's journey...THE LOVERS, slim and transportive, is an invitation to join Yvonne on her journey. It's worth the trip."--St. Louis Post-Dispatch

"A wise and generous book."--Aleksandar Hemon, author of National Book Award Finalist THE LAZARUS PROJECT

"Stunning. A masterful meditation on grief and love. The Lovers is a sensational novel from one of our finest writers at the height of her craft."--Stephen Elliott, author of THE ADDERALL DIARIES

"Vendela Vida's The Lovers is a spare and haunting meditation on how travel can bring us full circle back to the place from which we should have started. I read it over two days and dreamed about it the second night."--Francine Prose, author of GOLDENGROVE