“A story with an activist’s righteous energy and a novelist’s psychological depth.” — The Los Angeles Times

“Beautifully executed... gripping... a multi-layered, immersive novel in which the atmosphere and history of Peru leap off the page." — Times of London

“Engrossing and illuminating for the state of America in the world today.” — Westword

“Fiery, probing… a deeply humane book, one that reminds us that the best questions are those that are both urgent and impossible to answer.” — The Forward

“The Gringa… raises an important question: Does fiction, particularly fiction that claims to be based on history, have any responsibilities at all vis-à-vis real people and their lives?” — The New York Review of Books

“A poignant, provocative, and necessary novel for our times.” — Largehearted Boy

“Altschul’s ambitious and culturally aware novel is a captivating depiction of passion, disenchantment, and hope gone violently awry.” — Booklist (starred review)

“Psychologically rich and closely observed… A sensitive portrayal of the search for meaning in an unforgiving world.” — Kirkus

“Andrew Altschul is a radiantly wise and uncannily perceptive writer.” — Molly Antopol, author of The UnAmericans

“Utterly immersing, excoriatingly intelligent. Injustice has rarely been anatomized so precisely.” — Mark Slouka, author of The Visible World