She has a sure poise and distance that has deserted today's novelist.
Guardian, UK
Excellently translated . . . the fascination lies in the picture, convincing, lively beautifully drawn, of the artists's Paris at the beginning of the 20th Century.
Glasgow Herald, UK
Ahead of her time . . . Like Virginia Woolf, though much tougher . . . A classic.
Times Literary Supplement, UK
She has a place to herself among the finest contemporary writing.
Guardian, UK
[This] is a masterpiece... As a writer, Miss Sandel is Maugham's superior. She has not his gift of irony, but her emotional depth is far greater... Miss Sandel is a stylist, a writer of marvelous delicacy...To read it is, in part, to relive the painful experience of growing human.
Saturday Review, USA
Alberte og friheten, den andre romanen i Alberte-trilogien, er lagt til Paris, der hun har oppholdt seg i syv år. Alberte-trilogien foreligger nå i tekstkritisk utgave basert på førsteutgavene. Den inneholder sekvenser som ble sensurert bort under andre verdenskrig og er utstyrt med ordforklaringer og oversettelser av utenlandske tekstinnslag. Tekstutgave, forord og kommentarer ved Nina M. Evensen.