Kathryn Davis

Duplex: A Novel Kathryn Davis

?Utterly compelling . . . Davis writes with a stunning brilliance, creating fractured worlds that are both extraordinary and routine.? ?The Boston Globe

?A coming-of-age-meets-dystopian-fantasy-meets-alternate-reality novel, or maybe an Ionesco-meets-Beckett-meets-Oulipo novel . . . The world [Duplex] describes has gone cuckoo while its characters? anxieties remain stubbornly, drably, daringly familiar.? ?Tom Bissell, Harper?s Magazine
 
?Enchanting . . . Hums beautifully to its own rhythm. It?s a series of dreamlike, often erotic, images and interconnected plot lines that . . . swell to create an intoxicating atmosphere.? ?Slate
 
?For fans of the fantastical, Davis?s writing style is a glass of ice-cold water in today?s desert of conventional fiction.? ?Star Tribune (Minneapolis)

?[I fell] in love with Davis?s writing . . . I?m grateful for every word . . . When you are lost in the uncanny woods of this astonishing, double-hinged book, just keep reading, and remember to look up. Kathryn Davis knows right where you are.? ?Lynda Barry, The New York Times Book Review
 
?Reading this book is a blast . . . Duplex is a traditional love story tucked inside an adult fairy tale, wrapped in science fiction . . . Thankfully, the laws of quantum mechanics do not power Duplex?s magnetism. Instead, it is Davis?s beautiful prose, her psychological awareness.? ?Rosecrans Baldwin, NPR, All Things Considered