"Well structured and thought provoking. Thomson's scholarship is solid, and he demonstrates an impressive mastery of the philosophical and theoretical positions held by Levinas, Blanchot, Deleuze, and Lyotard. The Distant Relation is exceptionally well written, very enjoyable reading, and intellectually stimulating." Daniel Chamberlain, Head, Department of Spanish and Italian, Queen's University
"The novelty in Thomson's work consists of his having developed a philosophy that eschews some of the more traditional approaches and heads in new directions, while his application of this philosophy to literature permits him to engage in some of the debates concerning twentieth-century Spanish American literature (on magical realism, alterity, and temporality, for example) in ways which allow him to critique existing postures and to broaden the horizon of debate by introducing concepts which have not been explored hitherto." Richard Young, Modern Languages and Cultural Studies, University of Alberta

"Well structured and thought provoking. Thomson's scholarship is solid, and he demonstrates an impressive mastery of the philosophical and theoretical positions held by Levinas, Blanchot, Deleuze, and Lyotard. The Distant Relation is exceptionally well written, very enjoyable reading, and intellectually stimulating." Daniel Chamberlain, Head, Department of Spanish and Italian, Queen's University "The novelty in Thomson's work consists of his having developed a philosophy that eschews some of the more traditional approaches and heads in new directions, while his application of this philosophy to literature permits him to engage in some of the debates concerning twentieth-century Spanish American literature (on magical realism, alterity, and temporality, for example) in ways which allow him to critique existing postures and to broaden the horizon of debate by introducing concepts which have not been explored hitherto." Richard Young, Modern Languages and Cultural Studies, University of Alberta