Lucia Nevai's Reviews
Reviews of Lucia’s Work
Jul.25.2004
Published by The New York Times Book Review
THERE are first novels writers can't seem to match -- Ralph Ellison's ''Invisible Man'' is the archetype here. There's the posthumous first novel -- John Kennedy Toole's ''...
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May.25.1997
Published by The New York Times Book Review
Most of us dread winding up in a subway car or an airplane seat beside characters like Lucia Nevai's. Off their medications, away from their A.A. sponsors or halfway houses,...
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Apr.21.2008
Published by Publishers Weekly
Nevai's subtly barbed latest (following Seriously) portrays the secret agonies of an Iowa girl rescued from neglect by a loving foster family. Born in 1950 to a half-Indian...
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Jun.15.2008
Published by January Magazine
"This is 21st century fiction, perfectly rendered. Sometimes, it's so beautiful, it breaks your heart."
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Published by Elle
"Crane is also, by way of Nevai’s humor and preternatural stylistic gifts, the kind of self-effacing, wickedly wise, subtly superior organic genius that we all long for in a...
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Oct.01.2008
Published by NewPages.com
"From laugh-out-loud hilarious to searingly poignant, Nevai crafts a powerful story about family, growing up, loss and redemption. Crane never loses sight of her own uncertain...
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About Lucia
Lucia Nevai is the author of Seriously, a novel, published by Little, Brown. Her short stories have appeared in Tin House, Iowa Review, Zoetrope All-Story, the New Yorker, Glimmer Train, and other literary magazines. Her first collection, Star Game, won the...