„Anja Kampmann’s novel does not limit itself to one topic that could be easily named, because it does not limit itself to psychology, does HIGH AS THE WATER RISE stand out, and not only so this spring. Here can an author be discovered whose profound appropriation of the world by means of language would be best compared to Peter Handke’s writing furore. (…) Her prose’s linear progression is counteracted by her restriction of tempo and by means of images and the inserting of memories that resemble film stills. And, thus, a space is opened to see and to hear, to feel and to smell. A space in which time itself becomes tangible…”
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