Reviews of Dreams Under Glass

“Dreams Under Glass captures both the struggle between art and economic stability and the deeply precarious nature of simply staying alive. A novel for our modern times.”

-Wendy J. Fox in Buzzfeed Books

“Szilágyi is a confident writer with a crisp, clean voice and deep empathy for her characters. ‘Dreams Under Glass’ may deal with familiar themes, but Szilágyi treats them with authenticity and grace. In a genre that can err toward cynicism, this comes across as revelatory.”

-Mara Sandroff in Newcity

“Zigzagging between playfulness and despair, Dreams Under Glass asks how the fantasy of making art compares with the reality, leaving the reader to answer. But not without a hint from Binnie, who tries to explain herself to her lover: ‘I just want to live a life that feels alive.’”

-Amy Reardon in Barrelhouse

“Thanks to her remarkable attention to detail and naturalistic dialogue, Szilágyi seems able to transform anything, no matter how modest—even discarded on the street—into an artistic statement.”

-Alex Carrigan in Necessary Fiction

“The Dreams Under Glass main storyline is interesting, engaging, and one to which many people will relate. Three story elements—Binnie’s passion for art, her relationship with her boyfriend, and the untimely, suspicious death of one of her co-workers—are woven together into a cohesive and impressive tale.”

-Florence Osmund in Windy City Reviews

“I won’t reveal the major shift that happens toward the end of this book, only that there is one and that I’ll never think of the color turquoise quite the same way again.”

-Isla McKetta, in A Geography of Reading

Interviews

What’s the Story? with Joy Lanzendorfer on The Krush 95.9

Author’s Guild Member Spotlight: Anca L. Szilágyi

Essays

“I Had a Mysterious Infection, It Changed the Course of My Life”. Newsweek, 19 October 2022.

IF MY BOOK: Dreams Under Glass, Anca L. Szilágyi, Monkeybicycle, 4 October 2022.

“Vision Loss and the Ekphrastic Novelist”, Poets & Writers Magazine, 27 September 2022.