Revue de presse
Extraordinary . . . beautifully accomplished. The mark of an artist of the first order . . . a must-read book. ― JOHN BURNSIDE, GUARDIAN
A masterpiece ... a classic. ― THE TIMES BOOKS OF THE YEAR
A stunning achievement - visceral [and] poignant. ― SUNDAY TIMES
'Remarkable for its intensity of both feeling and expression. In this book about death, every line is a defiant assertion of the power of beauty to revivify, whether beauty shows itself in nature or (later) in art. ― HILARY MANTEL, GUARDIAN BOOKS OF THE YEAR
'The best book I have read this year' ― IRISH TIMES
A wonderful, powerful novel that moves and terrifies. ― Independent on Sunday
'Harrowing, inexplicably beautiful, and utterly, urgently necessary.' ― ANN PATCHETT, Orange Prizewinning author of Bel Canto and State of Wonder
A stunning read . . . beautiful [and] devastating. ― SIMON MAYO, BBC RADIO 2 BOOK CLUB
'Kevin Powers has conjured a poetic and devastating account of war's effect on the individual.' ― DAMIAN LEWIS, star of Homeland and Band of Brothers
Reaffirms the power of fiction to tell the truth about the unspeakable ... a superb literary achievement. I urge everyone to read it. ― CHRIS CLEAVE, author of The Other Hand and Gold
Written with an intensity which is deeply compelling. ― COLM TÓIBÍN, author of Brooklyn and The Master
'This is a novel I've been waiting for. THE YELLOW BIRDS is born from experience and rendered with compassion and intelligence. All of us owe Kevin Powers our heartfelt gratitude.' ― ALICE SEBOLD, author of The Lovely Bones
. . . One of those books that knocks your perceptions into new alignment permanently. ― BARBARA KINGSOLVER
'THE YELLOW BIRDS is the All Quiet on the Western Front of America's Arab Wars.' ― TOM WOLFE, author of The Bonfire of the Vanities
An extraordinary novel . . . remarkable . . . stands with Tim O'Brien's enduring Vietnam book, The Things They Carried, as a classic of contemporary war fiction . . . brilliantly observed and deeply affecting. ― MICHIKO KAKUTANI, NEW YORK TIMES
Thus far the definitive novel of our long wars in the Middle East; this book is certain to be read and taught for generations to come. ― PHILIPP MEYER author of American Rust
Kevin Powers' poetic, grievously sad debut novel captures one young man's experience of the war in Iraq . . . Powers is clear-eyed and dolorous, observing the damage done, but alive to the beauty of the landscape, and the details that cement friendship in a world dominated by violence and fear. ― MARIE CLAIRE
Extraordinarily well-written . . . brilliant . . . he's just a really, really beautiful writer . . . everyone will be reading it. ― ALEX HEMINSLEY, BBC RADIO 2 ARTS SHOW
Page after page yields unforgettable images . . . undeniably, this is an important novel by a formidable talent. ― DAILY MAIL
A novel about the war in Iraq might not usually top your reading list, but make an exception for this one . . . it's an intense, brutal and yet lyrical tale . . . Novelists from Ann Pratchett to Colm Toibin have praised its harrowing beauty. It's an elegant literary treat. ― EASY LIVING
'The most recent war is much like the most ancient, torn bodies, cracked psyches, the emotional roundelay of pride, pain, confusion and sorrow. In THE YELLOW BIRDS, Kevin Powers has delivered an exceptional novel from the war in Iraq, written in clean, evocative prose, lyric and graphic, in assured rhythms, a story for today and tomorrow and the next.' ― DANIEL WOODRELL, author of WINTER'S BONE
We haven't just been waiting for a great novel to come out of the Iraq War, our 21st century Vietnam; we have also been waiting for something more important, a work of art that illuminates our flawed and complex and striving humanity behind all such wars. At last we have both in Kevin Powers' THE YELLOW BIRDS. ― ROBERT OLEN BUTLER, author of A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain
'THE YELLOW BIRDS is a superb novel. Call it a war novel or a first novel or whateve
