Time, A Most Anticipated Book of the Fall
“[K]awakami herself invents a narrative language that traverses timelines and dialects, by which a surrealist depiction of a woman’s coming-of-age emerges . . . [W]hat her protagonist discovers reads as radically feminist to me, a way of living that no longer privileges the role of wife over that of friend, daughter, mother, intellectual compatriot, co-conspirator.” —Emmeline Clein, The New York Times Book Review
“The Third Love explores the ways identities can shift with various forms of knowledge, and if we’re lucky we’ll end up more worldly and stronger for it.” —Maris Kreizman, The Maris Review
“Weaves historical fiction, Japanese literary icons, and meditations on love into a novel that’s remarkable on many levels.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
“Thanks to the book’s splendid dreamworlds, it unfolds at the scale of a saga . . . In the mystical, immersive novel The Third Love, heady dreams offer new insights into the waking world.” —Meg Nola, Foreword Reviews
“The scintillating latest from Kawakami . . . Readers will be transported.” —Publishers Weekly
