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The Man Who Fell in Love with the Moon Man Who Fell in Love with the Moon" was very well received when it was published in 1991. "The Washington Post" called it "amazing" and "dazzlingly accomplished" and "The Oregonian" said the novel "boldly creates a new voice from the Old West." "The New York Times" was equally effusive: "The miracle of the novel is that it obliges us to rethink our whole idea of narration and history and myth." The "Los Angeles Times" found it "brave, original, ribald, funny, <nowiki>[and]</nowiki> heart-rending" and concluded that the book is "as bright as it is dark, full of fictional and philosophical pleasures,