‘A writer of show-stopping genius.’

‘So vivid, so visceral, so vital . . .’

‘An edgy, sensuous, and immediate writer of striking power and grace.’

‘Staggering . . . an exquisite account of sexual intimacy, of maternal love, of our terrifying capacity for survival and our commitment to creating beauty out of the darkness.’

‘The hope in this sparse, sumptuous, brilliant book is that the work of finding meaning and truth can be continued even in extremity, even as art and love slip away.’

‘Feverish, beautifully observed . . . a book full of wisdom about the crisis of our times.’

‘The prose . . . is exquisite and the entire story, even in its despair, is imbued with that which we all crave, in sickness and in health. Love.’

‘Burntcoat is an elemental novel . . . woven from the English landscape.’

‘A beautiful novel, full of heat and darkness.’

‘Sarah Hall makes language shimmer and burn . . . One of the finest writers at work today. ’