One of his ten top first novels, as told to the Guardian:The Blindfold by Siri HustvedtRead about another novel on the list.
The structure and pacing are highly unusual, challenging you to appreciate the work as a novel rather than four separate stories, and she does something breathtakingly clever at the end that casts a new light on all that has gone before, making you want to go right back to the beginning and start again. I didn't think I could possibly like a Manhattan-set debut novel more than The New York Trilogy by Paul Auster (Hustvedt's husband) or The Third Eye by David Knowles (art and voyeurism combining brilliantly), but I did.
--Marshal Zeringue
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