Rosamund’s Vision

Delights and astonishes by combining elegance of style with a wise, cheerfully caring story about a unique and intelligent couple. . . .Mitchner’s lovers are unusual for contemporary fiction: individuals rich in emotions and intellect, capable of growing not just in wisdom but in happiness. Because he tells their story so well, ROSAMUND’S VISION should be considered one of the best novels of the ’80s.
–Best Sellers

On a train out of Bagdad, Rosamund Coleridge, an editor from Bristol, England, wins the heart of Charles Chaplin Muldane, a natural ham from New Bristol, N.J., with her rendition of ‘Kubla Khan.”. . . .It takes Rosamund a while to warm to New Bristol and the language of its natives, but it takes no time for the reader to warm to this high-spirited account of her first nine months there.
–The New Yorker

Can a fastidious free-lance editor from Bristol, England find happiness as the wife of a flaky radio-talk host in New Bristol, N.J.? That’s the primary thrust of this stylish celebration of eccentricity. . . .blending a ’60s-ish mindset (and an Anne-Tyler-esque love of soulful oddballs) with a fine command of witty, elaborate, ironic language.
–Kirkus Reviews

For sheer reading pleasure and a lot of laughs, this zany, fresh novel is as enjoyable as any I’ve read this year. Expect to meet at every turn such diverse figures as Thomas Edison, Poe, Coleridge, Melville–all in a splendid mix of events and unexpected happenings.
–Winston-Salem Journal

Entertaining…a sweetly comic tale (NYTBR); An exultant and imaginative book (LA Herald-Examiner); A literature-lover’s delight and a tremendously good read (Suffolk Va. News-Herald); Finally here is a book for people who love books: a literary delight that celebrates life and literature (Elkhart Truth); Light, larky, genuinely funny enough to make you laugh out loud (Publishers Weekly)