"Bryher's writing is frustratingly plain at times, in the way that the chimes of a large bell can be annoying because they ring so clear and so true."
~Los Angeles Times
"Just as the title is rich in implication, so too is the novel's every detail and seemingly casual observation."
~The Atlanta Journal Constitution
"Visa for Avalon is a visionary and haunting novel. Bryher wrote this book forty years ago, but it speak directly to the politics of today. It's a warning against apathy and should be read by anyone who's worried about civil rights.""
~Grace Pale
"Visa for Avalon is a testament to the power of fiction. It illuminates the truth at the heart of what is commonly called reality. This account of lives, transformed and ruined by the triumph of a totalitarian rule is a timely reminder of how moral and intellectual laziness and apathy can pave the road to the reign of terror brought on by such a system.""
~Azar Nafisi
"This subtly chilling novel is not easily laid down. With brilliant economy and suspense, it depicts a fascist movement transforming the lives of ordinary people who merely wanted to be let alone. Prescient as Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale, Visa for Avalon could hardly be more timely here and now.""
~Adrienne Rich
""This is an inspired and timely resurrection of an incisive and provocative fable of the high cost of apathy and the insidiousness of fascism, an intriguing progenitor of Philip Roth's The Plot Against America, and readers will find the accompanying profile of Bryher equally compelling.""
~Booklist
""Paris Press is to be applauded for reissuing Visa for Avalon.""
~Philadelphia Inquirer
""Bryher's writing is frustratingly plain at times, in the way that the chimes of a large bell can be annoying because they ring so clear and so true.""
~Los Angeles Times
""A suggestive and beguiling fiction by one of the twentieth century's most interest artistic figures. The Paris Press should be thanked for republishing it.""
~Margaret Atwood, The New York Review of Books