A striking debut. . . Resnick skillfully uses the raw materials of postapocalyptic fiction and speaks lucidly to his Jewish characters legacy of displacement. This timely tale will appeal to fans of speculative fantasies by Michael Chabon and Lavie Tidhar. Publishers Weekly
Resnicks prose is lucid and moves at a steady clip, never dwelling anywhere too long, avoiding the kind of teeth-gnashing misery one might expect in a novel about persecution and ethnic cleansing. For all its futuristic terrors, this is really a story about a family. Jewish Book Council
"Uncanny, riveting, and strangely prescient, Next Stop is that rarest of narratives: a glimpse into an unthinkable past, present, and future all at once. Only a magician or a mystic could pull off such a thing." Elisa Albert, author of Human Blues
"Next Stop is either propheticwith its depiction of flailing morality, administrative cowardice, and fact-resistant discourseor it is timeless, in that there is really no moment Benjamin Resnick couldn't have written the book. I'm reminded of both Bernard Malamud's God's Grace and Emily St. John Mandel's Station Elevenit's that feeling of gently and easily reading something of crushing horror. What you will find here is what we all hope to find as readers: a good story about people up against the odds; people who are, ultimately, us." Derek B. Miller, author of The Curse of Pietro Houdini "With the whimsy of Salinger, the humor of Vonnegut, and more than a little of the prophetic weirdness of Kafka, Next Stop is the rarest of gems: a novel made up of equal parts human intimacy and broad foresight. Benjamin Resnick's debut is a clarion call, a profound cosmic joke, a canary in the global coalmine, and a disconcerting work of art." Daniel Torday, author of The Last Flight of Poxl West
It is a brave and troubling novel. Using elements from apocalyptic fiction like Station Eleven, Resnick was influenced by the great Jewish writers and has made use of the legacy of displacement in an extremely chilling read. Melanie Fleishman, Center for Fiction
