REVIEWS
Testimony
“Jewish Panorama” 2 (80), February 2021
Review of the novel “Testimony” by O. Balla-Gertman
We would see the genetic kinship of the Israeli prose writer’s novel with Kafka’s texts even if the author had not provided the book with an epigraph taken from him. The kinship is not very close, like between uncle and nephew, grandfather and grandson: the resemblance is undeniable, but there is much else…
From the Life of Sheep
Review in “Lunaris Review” magazine
Jonathan Vidgop’s “From the Life of Sheep” is a fascinating mix of satire, absurdism, and existential commentary. It reads like a Kafkaesque nightmare intertwined with the grotesque humour of Gogol, bringing to life a town of eccentric characters locked in a timeless stasis…