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Chto delatʹ, kogda nikto ne vinovat? Voĭna nachalasʹ v televizore. No tam ne ostalasʹ.<br>Moskovskai͡a saga vo vremi͡a putinskoĭ voĭny v Ukraine. Semʹi͡a Naĭdenovykh zhila svoi͡u zhiznʹ, a za oknami ikh kvartiry shla inai͡a zhiznʹ, kotoroĭ upravli͡ali inye li͡udi. Naĭdenovy dumali, chto tak i budet - dve parallelʹnye, neperesekai͡ushchiesi͡a zhizni v odnoĭ strane. Ili dve strany - ikh lichnai͡a i ostalʹnai͡a Rossii͡a. Nachalasʹ voĭna i vse pomeni͡alosʹ. I teperʹ to li bezhatʹ, to li borotʹsi͡a. To li pytatʹsi͡a skleitʹ obratno, chto razbila voĭna.Voĭna nachalasʹ v televizore. A potom tanki skatilisʹ s golubogo ėkrana i vʺekhali v nashi kvartiry. Vmeste s voĭnoĭ. <br><br>Oleg Radzinskiĭ - moĭ drug, i esli by mne ne ponravilsi͡a ego roman, i͡a by, konechno, prosto promolchal. No ėto ochenʹ khoroshiĭ roman, a neskolʹko glav ottuda - prosto navylet. Vtoroĭ denʹ ne mogu perestatʹ dumatʹ o sudʹbe geroev, ispytyvai͡u k nim zhalostʹ i nenavistʹ, kak k zhivym - ėto li ne polnai͡a pobeda avtora?<br>Viktor Shenderovich<br><br>Roman pervoklassnyĭ, izumitelʹnym obrazom chelovekoli͡ubivyĭ i mizantropicheskiĭ.<br>Dmitriĭ Bykov<br><br>Ėto luchshee iz togo, chto i͡a chital za poslednee vremi͡a. Ne tolʹko o voĭne - o nas!<br>Leonid Gozman<br><br>Pervyĭ khudozhestvennyĭ roman, kotoryĭ i͡a proglotil zalpom s tekh por, kak pokinul Rossii͡u i nachal novui͡u zhiznʹ v novoĭ strane. S tekh por kak mir raskololsi͡a na Za i protiv. Pervyĭ roman, kotoryĭ opisyvaet sudʹby pokalechennykh ėtoĭ voĭnoĭ. Pokalechennykh i bukvalʹno, i v perenosnom smysle.<br>I͡A davniĭ poklonnik literaturnogo talanta Olega Radzinskogo - i "Surinam", i ego udivitelʹnui͡u avtobiografii͡u "Sluchaĭnye zhizni" i͡a prochël zapoem. No svezhiĭ roman - ėto dli͡a meni͡a potri͡asenie. Ego nado obi͡azatelʹno prochitatʹ. Poverʹte mne na slovo, erundu i͡a ne rekomendui͡u. <br>Mikhail Kozyrev

What to do when no one is to blame? The war started on TV. But she didn't stay there.
The Moscow saga during Putin's war in Ukraine. The Naydenov family lived their lives, and outside the windows of their apartment there was a different life, which was controlled by other people. The Naydenovs thought that this would be the case – two parallel, disjoint lives in the same country. Or two countries – their own and the rest of Russia. The war started and everything changed. And now it's either run or fight. Whether to try to glue back together what the war broke.The war started on TV. And then the tanks rolled off the blue screen and drove into our apartments. Along with the war. 

Oleg Radzinsky is my friend, and if I didn't like his novel, I would, of course, just keep silent. But it's a very good novel, and a few chapters from there are just a lot. For the second day, I can't stop thinking about the fate of the characters, I feel sorry for them and hate them as if they were alive - isn't this a complete victory for the author?
Victor Shenderovich

The novel is first-class, amazingly humane and misanthropic.
Dmitry Bykov

This is the best thing I've read lately. Not only about the war, but about us!
Leonid Gozman

The first fiction novel that I have swallowed in one gulp since I left Russia and started a new life in a new country. Ever since the world split into Z and Vs. The first novel that describes the fate of those crippled by this war. Crippled both literally and figuratively.
I am a long–time admirer of Oleg Radzinsky's literary talent - I read both "Suriname" and his amazing autobiography "Random Lives" with gusto. But a new novel is a shock to me.  You should definitely read it. Take my word for it, I don't recommend nonsense. 
Mikhail Kozyrev