Sublime . . . A work of coy humor and shape-shifting magic . --The Wall Street Journal
Sj n's novels have been championed by a veritable pantheon of literary luminaries: Junot D az, David Mitchell, A. S. Byatt, Hari Kunzru, and Alberto Manguel, who calls The Whispering Muse an extraordinary, powerful fable--a marvel. The Whispering Muse is Sj n's masterpiece so far.
The year is 1949 and Valdimar Haraldsson,...