ðə nˈɑːvəl lˈʌv lˈaɪf wʌz ɹˈæŋkt baɪ ðə dʒˈɜːmən nˈuːzpeɪpɚ dˈɛɹ spˈiːdʒəl ɐmˌʌŋ ðə twˈɛnti bˈɛst nˈɑːvəlz ʌvðə lˈæst fˈɔːɹɾi jˈɪɹz, ɐlˈɔŋsaɪd wˈɜːks ʌv sˈɔːl bˈɛloʊ ænd fˈɪlɪp ɹˈɑːθ.
The novel Love Life was ranked by the German newspaper Der Spiegel among the twenty best novels of the last forty years, alongside works of Saul Bellow and Philip Roth.