"The author's zestful writing style that incorporates a great deal of black humor enhances the bickering sequences of events. Characters are believeable. . . A good read requiring a great deal of concentration."—BookPleasures.com
"Ana Maria Shua's epic work centres round three generations of the Rimetka family, Eastern European immigrants who settled in Buenos Aires, but is equally about the racially and religiously diverse nation that is Argentina. . . . A rich story, individual yet universal, imaginatively told, that draws the reader into The Book of Memories."—British Bulletin of Publications