In the Maplewood Patch, author Marina Budhos said, “An Unexpected Guest is a patient book, impressively skillful for a first novel as Korkeakivi balances the artful arrangement of domestic life with the eruptive energy of past youthful passions, and the tension of present-day political fears. And, to my surprise, about a third of the…(Read More)
Anne will bring An Unexpected Guest to the Sunday Night Fiction series at KGB Bar in the lower East Side of New York City on Sunday, October 28, alongside readings from authors Josip Novakovich and Don Bajema…(Read More)
Just back from an evening at the American Library in Paris, An Unexpected Guest will be heading to the US with events in NY and NJ in late October and early November. Check out the events page for details…(Read More)
An Unexpected Guest made a guest appearance in the Christian Science Monitor’s review of best-selling British author Zadie Smith’s latest novel, NW. To read the whole post, look here…(Read More)
The Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County has chosen An Unexpected Guest for their “Beyond Bestsellers: Notable New Fiction Titles (September 2012)” list. To see the full post, look here…(Read More)
Anne will be a guest of annual Le livre sur les quais book festival in Morges, Switzerland, September 7 through 9th. She’ll be on site signing copies of An Unexpected Guest throughout, and will participating in roundtables entitled, “The French Connection” (in English) on Saturday afternoon and Ecrivains anglo-saxons” (in French) on Sunday…(Read More)
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)
