“A gripping novel on the pain of fleeing”
Borås Tidning, Sweden 

“A quietly intense debut … an inventive novel, very honest, and not afraid to address the difficult and complex emotions that the grand-daughter struggles with when she visits Hungary every summer. Her grandmother is also a stranger, she doesn’t listen, she demands that her grandchildren love her food and her city, and that they stay far longer than necessary. For what obligations do we have to our family? Do we have any at all, if being together feels like a burden instead of a pleasure? Nora Szentivanyi addresses “borderless” questions like these with both stubbornness and sensitivity.”
Aftonbladet, Sweden

“An outstanding debut novel … [Sentiványi] has found a tellingly congenial form to her story, far from all sentimental drama. Instead she captures the story by keeping a respectful, almost polite distance, in a prose which is simple on the surface, but merciless at its deeper levels … elegant balance between the metaphorical and the concrete”
Göteborgsposten, Sweden

“A powerful debut … a beautiful story of being forced to flee, told through the relationship between a grandmother and her granddaughter”
Svenska Dagbladet, Sweden

“A distinctive, captivating novel”
Dagens Næringsliv

“Mercilessly honest — Szentiványi switched elegantly between empathy and reflection … definitely one of the strongest debuts this year”
Dag og Tid

“With a very precise, sober, but also empathetic gaze, Szentiványi describes how dramatically an event like this can change people’s lives … A powerful story, both of those who remain and what it does to those who leave, but also about what it’s like living under an authoritarian regime”
Trønder-Avisa

“A painful and wise story about those who remain”
Littkritikk