"Joanna Walsh is fast becoming one of our most important writers."-- Deborah Levy "Walsh's writing has intellectual rigour and bags of formal bravery. boldly intellectual work."-- Financial Times "Luminous, philosophical"-- Lauren Elkin "Steeped in the pure poetics of now.a smart, allusive meditation."-- Colm Tóibín "Walsh is a sublimely elegant writer . artful and intelligent."-- The New Statesman "Thought-provoking.

Central to Walsh's take on Godard's oeuvre is her curiosity about and understanding of the women who appear in them." -- Publisher's Weekly "She articulates the sickening feeling of only ever appreciating one's body in the rearview mirror with such terrible precision that it stunned me."-- Philippa Snow, The New Republic "It is rare to find a writer who can take such candid pleasure in beauty--the beauty of faces, figures, clothing, and cities--while also querying its injustices. To watch Godard's films through Joanna Walsh's eyes is to see envy and appreciation, longing and disavowal, walking hand in hand. This book is a gorgeous complex gesture of criticism."-- Merve Emre, author of The Annotated Mrs. Dalloway.