Girl, 1983
Vivid ... Girl, 1983 is...deft in its experiments, subverting conventional ideas about fiction’s use of the truth ... Ullmann has not just written an autobiographical novel; she has suggested that every autobiography might be a novel in the first place ... Both distinctly personal and universally true.
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Girl, 1983 powerfully transmits the feelings of shame and guilt that are deflected on to the innocent victim ... Martin Aitken’s translation conveys a spare style in which rage and fear are subsumed into a simple need to confront.
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Beautiful ... Elegantly spare and precise language heightens and underscores the woman’s anxiety and unease. A quietly absorbing portrait.
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