Without (Paperback)

Fiction. "The book is an extraordinary act of homage, a treatise on less always meaning more, and at the same time a completely original look at time, space, and red teapots. This small and perfect world fits in the pocket and perhaps ought to be regarded as a sort of breviary"--Donald Richie. "I have been eagerly waiting for Lipkin's second novel. It confirms her rare talent. This novel is a daring, wise, beautiful exploration of the "cruelty of everyday living," of mysterious loss... The novel is set in Japan. There are many characters who are haunted by the need to achieve stability (of love, faith, art) but who discover that instability, change, rule them...a brave attempt to capture and shape change. It sanctifies absence"--Review of Contemporary Fiction.