Praise forThe Journey Homeby Olaf Olafsson "Compelling . Akin to Thomas Mann . An astonishing story of confusion, loss, denial. Olafsson has created a woman of such complexity and uncalculated charm that he will leave readers wishing that they could actually meet her before it's too late." -Chicago Sun-Times "An exceptional novel . Engrossing . A tremendous accomplishment [and a] great triumph of novelistic imagination." -The Observer(London) "Soulful and thoughtful .

An impressively mature and wide-ranging book, both geographically and emotionally." -New York Times Book Review "Undeniably graceful . It is vulnerability that makesThe Journey Homeso complete and appealing." -Los Angeles Times Book Review "With masterful skill and elegant prose, Olafsson gradually reveals his fierce heroine and her complicated story.The Journey Homeis an eerie, suspenseful novel, one that delivers surprises until the very last beautiful page and that happily remains with the reader long after that." -Margot Livesey, author ofCriminalsandThe Missing World.