“NYTimes 10 Dec 2006 Paperback Row (longer review had appeared earlier)Quiet, often powerful exercises in voice and style, these nine stories deal with love, exile and the effects of characters' limited understanding. ''In the Time of the Dinosaur'' is narrated by a bright schoolboy determined to impress his teacher, a child who doesn't know the full nature of the disaster unfolding between his parents. The final story, ''A Tale in Two Cities,'' encompasses a Jewish family's flight from Moscow through Rome to Melbourne by way of a series of low-paid jobs, grimy living spaces and blows to pride. ''Perlman's plots seem effortless, which makes his surprises all the more affecting,'' Daniel Soar wrote in the Book Review.”
