Rabbits Are Strange, When You Are a Stranger

Lewis Carroll and Aldous Huxley may come to mind, but Rabbits are Strange, When You Are A Stranger claims its own territory as a 21st century masterwork. It is a charmed realm where the creatures most authentic are animals. "What is Art?" Mia asks. Astro holds forth in 'rabbitish': "It's a world that is more than a world. It contains all realities. It includes everything from the smallest ant to the biggest maple tree, and everything is interconnected. Art is a giant glowing spider web of opportunities." Alexander Iskin has created a mosaic of light-infused lyrical prose, a fully imagined and realized world laced with humor and illustrations, where even those charged with pitting an invasive technology against the vulnerable seem redeemable. Fable, allegory, magic realism, fantasy--I hesitate to classify the novel. That's up to you, the reader.

-- Stephanie Dickinson, Author of Harlow Smith Postcards: Icons in Black and White