A Simple Intervention

Yael Inokai illuminates the women with clear sentences; she writes with a calm hand and is not afraid of the darkness. – Dorothee Elmiger, author of Out of the Sugar Factory

A haunting and thoughtful novel, Yael Inokai’s A Simple Intervention has echoes of Kazuo Ishiguro’s Booker-shortlisted Never Let Me Go. – New Books in German

'The writing here is understated, precise and loaded, calling to mind fellow Swiss writer Fleur Jaeggy’s Sweet Days of Discipline. The translation – from German – by Marielle Sutherland is finely attuned to tone and nuance. This is an impressive novel with moments of icy clarity yet also with affecting tenderness.' – Rónán Hession, Irish Times

'Exhibits all the hallmarks of a dystopian classic [...] Yet not every dystopia unfolds through dramatic spectacle or post-apocalyptic overtures. Yael Inokai’s A Simple Intervention is an excellent example of how a quieter, insidious approach to the genre can be just as terrifying, aligning itself with the subtler, almost benevolent tyranny of Huxley’s Brave New World.' – nb. Magazine