"These stark tales of love and loss are told with striking concision. Any attempts at false poetry or armchair philosophy are cleared away and all we are left with is the heart of the story: a mother trying to evade North Korean authorities so she can feed her family with money earned from selling narcotics at the Chinese border, a jilted husband returning home not to rekindle a marriage but to reclaim a long-forgotten debt. With settings that range from an American desert wasteland to a remote temple in the Korean countryside, Jeffrey Miller takes us on the journey of a heart that has been battered but is not yet completely broken."
~ Craig Fishbane, On the Proper Role of Desire