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"Eroticism, which tends to be denigrated in literary circles today as almost an outdated, compulsively repetitious theme, makes an unexpected comeback in Sakhnovsky’s short story collection, "The Happy and the Mad" (2003). The intensity and refinement of treatment, the striking freshness and casualness of the erotic experience, prompt the reader to virtually swallow the book down at a gulp." SUEDDEUTSCHE ZEITUNG
"It seems that there is an author who was born with penetrating insight, a keen sense of hearing, absolute discretion and, above all, a flair for frankness."
Literaturnaya Gazeta
"Sakhnovsky has clearly studied Nabokov, and probably Proust, too. But this has not made a second-rate imitator of him."
Novy Mir
"Too much love, you say? Oh dear… unfortunately I can only answer that by saying that there is unfortunately far too little, both in literature and in life. That is why we need Sakhnovsky in homeopathic doses, so that it doesn’t become a habit..."
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