BY eschewing exposition, Bennett's novel demonstrates the elucidating power of simply recording a consciousness at work, a state of being - a 'mind in motion.' -O, the Oprah Magazine 'The sort of avant-garde opus destined to put its author on the map alongside modern-day prose stylists of the highest order.THe tilt of Bennett's pen (or the stroke of her key) lends gravity to anything it touches. exquisitely written and daring debut work of fiction.POnd's lovely strangeness lies in just how intimate we feel with our heroine despite knowing so little about her.

Sensitive to the point of being porous.Lucid, practical, and excruciatingly cognizant of what is normal.' -The New Yorker 'Dazzling. THe result is fervid and fearful.IT is also funny.Unnerving. reminds us that small things have great depths.' -The New York Times Book Review 'A work of fiction that will make you feel pleasantly insane.LIke Lydia Davis, Bennett.Takes a state of mind closely associated with madness and places it in settings that are utterly domestic, mundane.

SOmehow, Bennett has written a fantasy novel for grownups that is a kind of extended case for living an existence that threatens to slip out of tune.POnd makes the case for Bennett as an innovative writer of real talent. One of those books so odd and vivid they make your own life feel strangely remote. HEr witty misanthropy is here to ward off mental scurvy.' -The New York Times 'Imagine a short-story collection written by Emily Dickinson, and you'll get the weird genius of this book.' -The Boston Globe 'A sharp, funny, and eccentric debut. BEnnett's sensibility here feels like the tip of a deep iceberg, and I'll be in line to read whatever she publishes next. THey deliver a voice the author can't tap again.

SOmetimes first novels like Pond are one-offs. SHe puts us inside a complicated, teeming mind, and she doesn't dabble in forced epiphanies. BEnnett seems to know exactly what to take seriously.

Pond by claire louise bennett