[Winter Journey, an] "hors d'oeuvre" of a novel, may tempt those readers who prefer to feast on stream-of-consciousness or experimental works instead of on more conventional fare. Eva Figes chooses to create moods and thought processes rather than concise pictures; this is a confusing game for the reader and often leaves him stumbling over the pebbles of poetic prose scattered along a somewhat arid plot…. Gradually, the author conveys the feeling of hopelessness and frustration which is so often a part of being old. The main character is a believable old man lost in a callous, uncaring environment. Unfortunately, the reader wearies of the whole thing by the end…. Brief as it is, Winter Journey is tough sledding.

Charles D. Pipes, in a review of "Winter Journey," in Library Journal, Vol. 93, No. 5, March 1, 1968, p. 1019.