Lauren B. Davis's Reviews
Reviews of Lauren’s Work
Jan.05.2012
Published by www.Truthdig.com
“Thrilling . . . unflinching . . . unforgettable. It's difficult to write about the beauty of Davis' storytelling . . . suffice it to say she seeks to unfold consciousness,...
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Oct.15.2011
Published by The Globe & Mail
Where is hell, exactly?
Up the mountain, where it has always been. The road there takes your children first.
Our Daily Bread, by Lauren B. Davis, is all about that road. Signs...
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Mar.11.2000
Published by The Globe & Mail
"Nell's husband, a failed farmer, is abject and dangerous. A week before he takes his fists to Nell she sees her first rat. The varmint has a smug look, staring her down. Later...
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Mar.12.2005
Published by The Montreal Gazette
"Anyone who has ever lived in Paris will appreciate Davis's keen sense of atmosphere, her eye for detail . . . The Radiant City is a compelling read, sociologically informed,...
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Feb.08.2009
Published by Winnipeg Free Press
“Davis's passion for her characters makes them achingly real… spare, elegant prose… powerful and suspenseful…Davis writes with a stunning clarity and economy of words. Her keen...
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May.01.2005
Published by The Paris Voice
In her beautiful new novel, “The Radiant City,” Canadian writer Lauren B. Davis evokes a Paris that is decidedly on the edge, a city in which everyone has come from somewhere...
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Jan.01.2005
Published by Quill & Quire
"Superb. . . [The Radiant City] is engrossing and convincing . . . packed with smells and sounds and street argot, the minutiae and contradictions of Paris life. Davis's...
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Oct.01.2005
Published by The New Brunswick Reader
"Beautifully wrought style of prose. . . an intensity of images and ideas not easily left behind with the closing of the back cover . . . a story of modern times to haunt any...
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May.11.2002
Published by The Globe & Mail
"Lauren B. Davis’s The Stubborn Season ranges through a wide landscape of history and intimacy, thwarted private dreams and public oppression … a skilful weaving of emotion and...
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Jul.27.2002
Published by The Montreal Gazette
The Stubborn Season is precise, polished … bind[s] the attention through the excellence of its sharp, precise prose, generously laced with authentic history. Davis's astute...
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Aug.22.2011
Published by Quill & Quire
"Lauren Davis’s debut novel, The Stubborn Season, is as close as you'd want to get to the Depression without being there ... meticulous research informs everything ... The...
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Jul.07.2022
Published by The Toronto Star
"A gleaming debut … a terrific first novel … compelling social history … This is a wonderful novel … every character is sincerely drawn; these sentences just gleam. The Stubborn...
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Sep.01.2011
Published by Quill & Quire (Starred Review)
With her new novel, Montreal-born writer Lauren B. Davis, who currently lives in Princeton, New Jersey, has created a powerful, harrowing and deeply unsettling work. It’s...
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“Lauren B. Davis identifies the points of light in the darkness. She describes with a beauty almost beyond words and shows human decency as a great untapped resource, but doesn't offer simple answers to complex questions. Writing just doesn't get any better than that.” -- Robert Adams, literary critic and lecturer
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About Lauren
Lauren's new novel, THE EMPTY ROOM will be published by Harper Collins Canada in May, 2013.
Davis’s most recent novel is OUR DAILY BREAD, a compassionate look at what happens when we view our neighbors as “The Other”, and the power of unlikely friendships....
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