Phoenix Fiction S.
1 total work
Two readings have convinced me that this is a fiction of extraordinary power and thoughtfulness. . . . [A] remarkable novel.--Bernard Bergonzi, Times Literary Supplement
In this tour de force Mr. Steiner makes his reader re-examine, to whatever conclusions each may choose, a history from which we would prefer to avert our eyes.--Edmund Fuller, Wall Street Journal
Portage largely avoids both the satisfactions of the traditional novel and the horrifying details of Holocaust literature. Instead, Steiner has taken as his model the political imaginings of an Orwell or Koestler. . . . He has produced a philosophic fantasy of remarkable intensity.--Otto Friedrich, Time