"A superb sense of plot and a flair for resonant comic details." --Deborah H. Sussman, "Washington Post"

"Be prepared for a novel so outrageous and discomforting, so funny and shocking...too serious to be madcap, too angry to be rollicking, "After" is a scathing, thoroughly offensive novel that hunts taboos like a heat-seeking missile." --Floyd Skloot, "Portland Oregonian"

"A ferocious, animated ride through concentration camps and immediate postwar Germany...the maelstrom that is "After."..dares to refract a delicate subject through a prism and let the images shatter into layered reflections." --Tammie Bob, "Chicago Tribune"

"A big, untidy, funny, wildly extravagant novel... wonderfully involved, deeply thoughtful... "After" is a brilliant investigation into the possibility of moral life after recent history." --Edith Milton, "Boston Globe"

" "After" forces us to enter a world where sardonic humor and unspeakable horror perform an intricate dance over the ashes of Jewish history....A triumph of the imagination, as well as of the humane spirit." --Sanford Pinsker, "Philadelphia Inquirer"

"Despite its brilliant wisecracks and steely sarcasm, "After" is never more than a breath away from the horror of Before upon which it is predicated: genocide....An amazing book of both terror and hope." --Enid Shomer, "Houston Chronicle"