Зеркала и паутина

"Zerkala, otrazhai͡ushchie mir, dari͡at nam udovolʹstvie li͡ubovatʹsi͡a soboĭ. Obstoi͡atelʹstva, opletai͡ushchie nas snaruzhi, sobirai͡utsi͡a v pautinu, kak i nervy, drozhashchie vnutri nashikh tel. A kogda na plechi vdobavok navalivaetsi͡a proshloe, to svoboda, kotorai͡a tak zhadno zhelaetsi͡a, kak budto by vygli͡adit rastai͡avsheĭ illi͡uzieĭ". Andreĭ Astvat͡saturov"Ėto roman o tom, chto druzhba, li͡ubovʹ i vernostʹ ne i͡avli͡ai͡utsi͡a razmennymi monetami, a t͡selʹ ne opravdyvaet sredstva. Durashlivyĭ ton, v kotorom geroĭ povestvuet o svoikh kafedralʹnykh i li͡ubovnykh prikli͡uchenii͡akh, ne snizhaet serʹeznosti postavlennoĭ avtorom zadachi: poĭmatʹ zybkui͡u granʹ, otdeli͡ai͡ushchui͡u blagorazumie ot predatelʹstva, a blagie pomysly ot nravstvennoĭ katastrofy". Pavel Basinskiĭ"Putʹ sovetsko-rossiĭskogo intelligenta, kotoryĭ robko buntuet, ishchet sebi͡a, razocharovyvaetsi͡a i prinimaet pravila igry. Rasskazano talantlivo, obai͡atelʹno, pri ėtom ochenʹ tonko skhvachen nerv". Aleksandr Snegirëv.

“Mirrors reflecting the world give us the pleasure of admiring ourselves. The circumstances that entwine us from the outside gather into a web, as do the nerves that tremble inside our bodies. And when the past also falls on our shoulders, then freedom, which is so eagerly desired, seems to look like a melted illusion.” Andrey Astvatsaturov"This is a novel about how friendship, love and loyalty are not bargaining chips, and the end does not justify the means. The goofy tone in which the hero narrates about his cathedral and love adventures does not reduce the seriousness of the author's task: to catch the shaky line separating prudence from betrayal, and good intentions from moral catastrophe." Pavel Basinsky"The path of the Soviet-Russian intellectual, who timidly rebels, searches for himself, is disappointed and accepts the rules of the game. It is told with talent, charmingly, and the nerve is very subtly captured." Alexander Snegirev.