“Ms. Ducornet’s novel about a man who ‘cannot fathom the bottomless secret of his own existence’ casts a lingering spell.”
—The New York Times
“In tracing the shape of what is left behind, Ducornet lends dignity to the universal plight of vanished illusions. We cannot help but empathize with Stub’s perpetual dream.”
—The Los Angeles Times
“Bursting with vivid imagery, beautiful language, heartbreaking characters . . . Ducornet’s tale is unique and captivating.”
—Booklist
“Ducornet’s is a world of surfaces so rich and textured that notions of meaning and interpretation are subsumed under a lush and seductive prose that eventually inhabits readers’ minds.”
—The Millions
“Ducornet’s prose always seduces, fulfills, and rewards. Her novels are prose rich cabinets of curiosity, the lines filled with obscure and puzzling wonders. Brightfellow is no exception.”
—Vol. 1 Brooklyn
“Here, the quotidian and the strange will rapidly become intertwined.”
—The Star Tribune
“Linguistically explosive . . . [Ducornet is] one of the most interesting American writers around.”
—The Nation
“Ducornet is a mad maestro of words.”
—Seattle Weekly
“Writer, poet, and artist Ducornet does things with words most authors would never even dream of . . . It’s a novel that’s bizarre, engaging, and dark as hell.”
—Men’s Journal
“It is Rikki Ducornet’s magic to be able to coax an entire universe out of the modest and often grim contours of one man’s life.”
—Kathryn Davis
“Ignited luminescence, irresistible levitation, iridescent images—the words skip like philosophic stones through a saturated and shimmering exhalation.”
—Michael Martone
