How the Dead Dream
“. . resonant fantasy.”—New York Times Book Review “Millet . . . boldly fuses lyrical realism with precisely rendered far-out-ness to achieve a unique energy and perspicacity, the ideal approach to the most confounding reality of our era: the atomic bomb.”
—Booklist (starred review), Best Books of 2005 “Lydia Millet is da bomb. Literally . . . Though Oh Pure and Radiant Heart possesses the nervy irreverence of Kurt Vonnegut and Joseph Heller, Millet makes the subject matter her own, capturin...g the essence of these geniuses in a way that can only be described as, well, genius.”—Vanity Fair “In her brilliant and fearless new novel Lydia Millet takes a headlong run at the subject of nuclear annihilation, weaving together black comedy, science, history, and time travel to produce, against stiff odds, a shattering and beautiful work.”—Jennifer Reese, Entertainment Weekly (lead review, A–) “Thanks to Millet’s evocative rendering and impeccable scholarship, the physicists feel real, convincing and even moving.”—Time Out NY “An entirely original novel: equal parts funny and chilling, accurate and bizarre.”—Philadelphia Weekly “[A] wonderful flight of the imagination, funny and thoughtful and richly imagined”—Hartford Courant “A Molotov cocktail comprised of dreams, history, philosophy and wit, Oh Pure and Radiant Heart explodes the rationale for nuclear armament along with any claims of its rationality.”—Oregonian “Millet deftly manages this dangerously high-concept conceit with generous, precise, and funny prose.MoreLess
—Booklist (starred review), Best Books of 2005 “Lydia Millet is da bomb. Literally . . . Though Oh Pure and Radiant Heart possesses the nervy irreverence of Kurt Vonnegut and Joseph Heller, Millet makes the subject matter her own, capturin...g the essence of these geniuses in a way that can only be described as, well, genius.”—Vanity Fair “In her brilliant and fearless new novel Lydia Millet takes a headlong run at the subject of nuclear annihilation, weaving together black comedy, science, history, and time travel to produce, against stiff odds, a shattering and beautiful work.”—Jennifer Reese, Entertainment Weekly (lead review, A–) “Thanks to Millet’s evocative rendering and impeccable scholarship, the physicists feel real, convincing and even moving.”—Time Out NY “An entirely original novel: equal parts funny and chilling, accurate and bizarre.”—Philadelphia Weekly “[A] wonderful flight of the imagination, funny and thoughtful and richly imagined”—Hartford Courant “A Molotov cocktail comprised of dreams, history, philosophy and wit, Oh Pure and Radiant Heart explodes the rationale for nuclear armament along with any claims of its rationality.”—Oregonian “Millet deftly manages this dangerously high-concept conceit with generous, precise, and funny prose.MoreLess
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