One Morning Like a Bird

Miller's writing is cinematic . . . at all times the author is in command * Times Literary Supplement *
Revelatory * Sunday Times *
A quite beautifully written coming-of-age novel . . . a precisely, lovingly rendered evocation of imperial Japan * Daily Mail *
Miller's trademark is silken prose which gleams with acutely rendered detail * Independent *
Miller's writing is a joy . . . a memorable novel, one that stays true to the randomness of life, to unplanned acts and fateful outcomes . . . Deeply moving, written with loving attention to language, it felt like Pasternak back from the dead * Scotsman *
A real achievement * Guardian *
Not only does he combine delicious literary conceits with thought-provoking explorations into the human condition, he has the rare gift of tossing out perfect sentences that make you stop in your tracks * Metro *
There are moments of beauty, truth and irony * Daily Telegraph *
Andrew Miller is one of Britain's most graceful historical prose stylists . . . He deftly captures the nuances of his subject's emotional maturation against the brittle bellicosity of mid-war Tokyo -- Books of the Year * Independent on Sunday *
Miller's masterful coming-of-age story ranges from a subtle and spare poetry to an almost Proustian evocation of experiential time * The Age *
Miller's writing reaches across historical distance . . . Like one of the silk umbrellas that Miller's characters carry, the novel unfurls slowly to reveal the intricate, hand-painted patterns hidden at its centre * Globe and Mail *