In its most recent issue, Columbia magazine says of An Unexpected Guest, “Korkeakivi does an admirable job echoing Woolf but… is at her best when she claims her own territory. Clare’s past life, a mini political thriller, unfolds delicately over the course of the novel and provides an intriguing counterpart.” Sorry, no link available…(Read More)
Glencoe Public Library has made An Unexpected Guest a staff pick, saying, “Like Claire’s event-filled day, An Unexpected Guest packs in a lot. It is a politically-charged thriller, a family drama, and a story of lost love, all set against the backdrop of the City of Light.” For the full story, look…(Read More)
Malaysia’s The Star tells its readers to pick up An Unexpected Guest! “Given Korkeakivi’s impressive writing chops in fiction and non-fiction (she’s been published in such eminent publications as The Atlantic magazine, The Yale Review, The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal), such a wonderful debut novel shouldn’t…(Read More)
According to the Welland Tribune, noting the addition of An Unexpected Guest to the Welland Public Library: “As Virginia Woolf did with Mrs. Dalloway, and Michael Cunningham with The Hours, Korkeakivi brilliantly unearths the cataclysmic potential buried by the routine of one ordinary day.” To see the original post, look here…(Read More)
An Unexpected Guest is owner Ellen’s Pick at beautiful Books on the Common bookshop in Ridgefield, CT: “Anne Korkeakivi beautifully describes the peripatetic life of a diplomat’s family: the lack of ties to places and people, the strains on children and relationships. Set in Paris, we see that beautiful city through Clare’s…(Read More)
Ruth Mormon on RoadTrip America says of An Unexpected Guest: “I loved this book and would recommend it to anyone who wants to eavesdrop on the world of foreign diplomats and dinner parties while remembering that everyone has secrets and people’s lives are often not what they seem. Clare is a character who lives…(Read More)
Book Talk blog of Orange County/California libraries says “Korkeakivi’s clean and elegant prose gives the piece a distinct voice. And without missing a beat, she moves between an American or a French accent to an Irish lilt to a Scots Celtic brogue, depending upon which character is speaking…. If this is only Korkeakivi…(Read More)
Buffalo News says: An Unexpected Guest is too delicious a window into the diplomatic life to forgo… Korkeakivi, as a debut novelist, shows a deft and sensitive hand with a firm grasp on the underside of dealing in foreign affairs – making Korkeakivi herself a woman of intrigue. Watch for her.” To read the entire…(Read More)
Cozy in Texas blog says of An Unexpected Guest, “[T]he story gripped me from beginning to end. And the novel, with a Paris backdrop, includes lovely descriptions and interactions with characters from different countries.” To see the whole blog entry, look here…(Read More)
Hello, Canada! An Unexpected Guest was named a Spring Pick on The Top Shelf, fiction librarian Heidi Schiller’s blog for North Vancouver City Library. To see the whole post, look here…(Read More)
