Псалом. Роман о четырех казнях Господних

Roman Fridrikha Gorenshteĭna "Psalom" prinadlezhit k chislu knig sovershenno osobogo roda, postroenie kotorykh ne podchini͡aetsi͡a nikakim ranee ustanovlennym pravilam. Pisatelʹ sam otkryl dli͡a sebi͡a ėtot novyĭ sposob sochinenii͡a i priemy, emu sposobstvui͡ushchie.

'Prochel "Psalom" F. Gorenshteĭna. Ėto potri͡asai͡ushchee sochinenie! Vne somneniĭ - on geniĭ. S kakoĭ strastʹi͡u, posledovatelʹnostʹi͡u i stradaniem, v finale, preodolennom ochishcheniem, ponimaniem svi͡atoĭ Roli on rasskazyvaet o cheloveke i ego Boge! Ėto nado chitatʹ!'
Andreĭ Tarkovskiĭ

'Esli by my - dli͡a udovletvorenii͡a tekh chitateleĭ, kotorye ne khoti͡at imetʹ delo s literaturoĭ, t͡selikom sozdavaemoĭ nanovo, - zakhoteli vpisatʹ roman Gorenshteĭna v literaturnoe okruzhenie nashego veka, to, skoree vsego, mozhno bylo by zadumatʹsi͡a o chastichnom skhodstve s magicheskim realizmom Vargasa Lʹosy, ili Garsia Markesa, ili s romanami-pritchami Kafki.'
Vi͡acheslav Ivanov

'Fridrikh Gorenshteĭn - odin iz nemnogikh … russkikh pisateleĭ, ne imei͡ushchikh otnoshenii͡a k ottepeli. On slozhilsi͡a vne ottepeli i dazhe vopreki eĭ. Ėto nadolgo obespechilo emu nevnimanie chitateleĭ. No, bytʹ mozhet, vse, chto my tut pishem, vse tvorenii͡a znamenitykh i neznamenitykh pisateleĭ ischeznut bez sleda. Ėta kniga ostanetsi͡a.'
Boris Khazanov

Friedrich Gorenstein's novel "Psalm" belongs to a very special kind of book, the construction of which does not obey any previously established rules. The writer himself discovered this new way of writing and the techniques that contribute to it.

'I read the Psalm by F. Gorenstein. This is an amazing essay! There is no doubt that he is a genius. With what passion, consistency and suffering, in the end, overcome by purification, understanding of the holy Role, he talks about man and his God! It's worth reading!'
Andrey Tarkovsky

"If, in order to satisfy those readers who do not want to deal with literature that is entirely created from scratch, we wanted to fit Gorenstein's novel into the literary environment of our century, then, most likely, we could think about partial similarities with the magical realism of Vargas Llosa, or Garcia Marquez, or with novels of proverbs. Kafka.'
Vyacheslav Ivanov

"Friedrich Gorenstein is one of the few... Russian writers who are not related to the thaw. It developed outside of the thaw and even in spite of it. This ensured his readers' inattention for a long time. But maybe everything we write here, all the works of famous and non-famous writers, will disappear without a trace. This book will stay.'
Boris Khazanov