“One of the novel’s key values is that it manages to speak of intellectuality without arrogance, of illness without pathos, of love without cliché … It is a novel that demands patience and attention, but rewards the reader with rare beauty and depth … a quiet novel of great power – a dedication to creativity, intellect, and vulnerability.”
Sinhro, Serbia

“A delightful history about the many aspects of love, and of the search for beauty in life.” Vigdis Moe Skarstein, Adresseavisen (six out of six stars)

“This incredibly strong novel makes music out of mathemathics and turns life into poetry. Bravo!” Dagsavisen

“Hveberg’s rich, philosophical debut runs on ruminations about love, loss, and loneliness with two love stories, each involving a math professor and a brilliant student….Hveberg gives proof to a provocative equation for elegant fiction.” — Publishers Weekly (starred review)

“Klara Hveberg has written a stunning debut novel about unrequited love, longing, obsession, betrayal, and more. Complex and alluring, it is framed by the author’s — and the protagonist’s — expertise in mathematics, as well as by music and literature.” — New York Journal of Books

“A novel of interior spaces that plumbs the depths of loneliness in order to find within it the origins of love.” — Kirkus Reviews

“A mathemagical debut. This incredibly strong novel makes music out of mathematics and turns life into poetry. Bravo!” — Dagsavisen

“A mature debut where the author juggles mathematics, art and passion in a love story full of both humor and deep despair. The result is one of the most complex and interesting protagonists I have encountered.” — Vårt Land

“A brilliant debut about the many aspects of love, and of the search for beauty in life.” — Adresseavisen

“A remarkable novel….Klara Hveberg has written a beautiful love sonata in D minor. I feel a little less lonely with this book on my nightstand.” — VG

“A truly wonderful love story. A story composed mainly in minor keys, but with an undercurrent of humor that appears both refined and organic.” — Romsdals Budstikke