Monastery

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“Fantastic. . Intense pain and beauty are offset by an unabashedly boyish sense of humor.” —NPR Alt.Latino

“Stimulating and inspiring.” —The Independent

“A mix of finely nuanced prose and humor.” —World Literature Today

“Beautiful and provocative. . a wonderful read which begs to be re-read.” —Jewish Book World

“A brave and touching and dead stylish examination of the nature of fiction, truth, and lies.” —Dazed & Confused

“[The Polish Boxer] exists in the no-man’s-land between fiction and memoir. In the end, we decide, this is fable: only the stories are important.” —The Guardian

“A professor mentors a student, gains wisdom from a Mark Twain scholar, and searches for a Gypsy musician, and that’s only part of the story in this incredible, achingly real yet enigmatic novel.” —San Francisco Chronicle, “Top Shelf” Recommendation from Bay Area independent bookstore Copperfield’s Books

“[Halfon] has succeeded in warping a modern Balkan mystery into a Holocaust memoir. . intrinsically blend[ing] fiction with reality in a deeply visceral way.” —The Rumpus

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