Caroline

Medvei's prose is limpid and particular, telling the story with an exquisite control that interfuses the sublime and ridiculous in exact proportions, the one hidden inside the other... The result is pleasurable and profound. Medvei never puts a foot wrong

Times Literary Supplement

A complete delight... Ancient myth meets daily grind, and the ordinary and the fantastic... are mingled everywhere you look

Boyd Tonkin, Independent

This absolutely engrossing tale is written with serene poise

Sunday Times

Delightful, unforgettable and splendidly peculiar

Spectator

The most affectionate literary portrait since Bottom was 'translated' in A Midsummer Night's Dream

Michael Arditti, Daily Mail

By the end, as with the French classic The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery, the novel emerges as a cautionary tale of such subtlety that its truths - about dependency, love and ownership - are made bearable by the manner of their telling. And by their philosophical charm - which is Medvei's gift

Tom Adair, Scotsman

Medvei's fable about the inexplicable nature of human passion unfolds with a gentle surrealism

Financial Times

It's short and definitely a page-turner - but with lingering thoughtfulness, rather than the rush-through-discard-immediately feel of some fast-paced books… He certainly knows how to craft a novel so that the reader rushes through, loving every moment, curious as to what the next page will hold

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