L.C."It is an unusual pleasure to be able to say of a first novel not just that it is promising but that it delivers the goods. Susan Daitch’s L.C. is an important book... through complex novelistic strategies and acute historical imaginings, produces a form which encourages us to rethink both fiction and history." Times Literary Supplement, London "Well worth reading for its ingenious interweaving of narrative threads, for its uncompromising treatment of sex and politics, and for the questions it raises about truth and deception in representing self and history." Los Angeles Times "Susan Daitch’s book, her first, is an impressive opening to what looks like an impressive career." The Guardian, London "L.C. is a first novel and a remarkable one; endlessly inventive in a rich sense circular." The Financial Times, London "Susan Daitch’s exceptional first novel attempts to redress the balance by creating the lost histories of three women. This is a beautifully structured novel -- the women’s stories are cleverly dovetailed and interrelated. Not a light read, but a rewarding one, this is an astonishingly good first novel." The Listener, London "An exceptional first novel, this is on one level an evocation of a 19th century Frenchwoman’s life as seen by three generations of women. On another level the diary comes to influence the way each of the women makes sense of their own world and raises questions about the making and recording of history itself." Fiction Magazine, London "L.C. is a superb first novel, assured and intelligent." Books and Bookmen, London "L.C. is a remarkable evocation of a nineteenth century Frenchwoman’s life as perceived by three generations of women. For each, the diary becomes the means by which she makes sense of the world as she finds it." The Book Exchange, London "Daitch’s debut novel, L.C., is a bold and refreshing treatment of some extremely perplexing questions about women’s experiences with both warfare and violence. Through an inventive structure Daitch waves three spellbinding stories of women separated by time and space, caught up in and definitely changed by the storm of revolution. This beautifully crafted novel which demands attention and offers the rewards of an intelligent and thought provoking read.... This is an exceptional first novel." The Women’s Review of Books "This ambitious first novel is intriguing and makes stimulating reading." Cosmopolitan, London |
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