A truly astonishing novel of the American frontier. There's something timeless about Diaz's prose, both modern in its vertiginous probing of inner spaces and almost classical in its precision and austerity. Totally transporting, In the Distance belongs without a doubt on any list of Great American Novels.
— Nick
EPIC! I just loved it. Loved, loved, loved. In The Distance is a classic western about a Swedish immigrant stranded in California who has to somehow get back to NYC. Through a young boy's eyes time distorts, language confounds, and the world endlessly expands and congeals - a child becomes an adult. An enthralling, disorienting story written by one of the most confident writers working today.
— Greg N