At Home With Alice Hoffman A Writer Set Free by Magic (1994).Hoffman discussed the crucial role her editor played in the publication of her books. Some Authors Still Lean On a Nurturing Editor (1992).You do it right, and if they publish it, you may actually leave something behind that can last forever," Hoffman wrote for The Book Review. It is much simpler than that, and much more passionate. although it is sometimes easy to forget, wanting to be a writer is not about reviews or advances or how many copies are printed or sold. The Book That Wouldn't Die: A Writer's Last and Longest Voyage (1990).'At Risk' Author Discusses Fears About AIDS (1988)." creates vivid characters, she keeps things moving along, and she's not above using sleight of hand and prestidigitation to achieve her considerable effects." With grace and beauty, making it at once her richest and wisest, as well as her boldest, novel to date." Her abiding vision of this ineluctable and uniquely human power informs 'Second Nature' Hoffman suggests that it is love in all its wondrous forms. Hoffman writes quite wonderfully about the magic in our lives and in the battered, indifferent world.
She has complete control over this bustling story, shuffling its many vignettes as cleverly as she captures the nuances Hoffman's own talent is neither questionable nor in any danger of fading. "The problem is that even though 'At Risk' seems spontaneous and original, a reader never escapes the sense of a blueprint behind it." Hoffman knows how to tell a story in clear language and how to avoid subordinating the meanderings of temperament to logic or plot." "Subtle touches here and there make this intelligent novel shine. "It is in its juxtaposition of the mythic, the apocalyptic, with the resolutely ordinary, in its portrait of eccentric characters living in a very familiar world, that this novel finds its unique voice." "'White Horses' is a satisfying novel, at the same time mysterious and believable, and it marks a significant advance for Alice Hoffman." she has, in this novel, plenty to describe." "Alice Hoffman has one strong point as a novelist: She is very good at describing emotional pain. ' Angel Landing,' reviewed by Larry McMurtry.a touching and startling novel by a young writer who has a feeling for myth, genuine wickedness and the nagging perversity of love." Hoffman's story is too strong to be destroyed by these annoying stylistic tics, but they do diminish an otherwise impressive debut." Furthermore, Alice Hoffman seldom trusts the reader. "The problem is mostly with the first-person narrator who is so sensitive, lyrical and perceptive it is difficult to believe she is 17. REVIEWS OF ALICE HOFFMAN'S EARLIER BOOKS: Sarah Ferguson Reviews 'Local Girls' (June 13, 1999).Reviews of Alice Hoffman's Earlier Books.With News and Reviews From the Archives of The New York Times
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