Trouw, December 24, 1997
"The high literary content has benefited her book enormously. Provoost leaves her readers - whether they are twelve or twenty-eight - to roam the twilight zone between consciousness and fantasising themselves about the possibilities the story offers. It is this that makes The Rose and the Swine a wonderful tribute to the primal force of the fairytale."
De Standaard, October 30, 1997
"Any attempt to sum up the richness of this story here is vain and fleeting. On reading the book for a second time, I noticed that I remembered not only every scene, but also almost every word. The Rose and the Swine is a rich book, but, above all, it is a masterpiece in the art of language"
