Julia Kissina

"In addition to the surrealism of morbid images, it is the precise, often mercilessly mocking ... language that makes “Spring on the Moon” an event... With Yulia Kissina's novel, Kyiv has become a place that from now on has its place on the mythopoetic map of Eastern Europe."
NZZ

“Springtime on the Moon» is often studiedly amusing, but the attempt to take more than light fiction from her own memories lends Kissina’s book a Nabokovian dimension… As funny as Kaminer and as serious as Nabokov.“
SÜDDEUTSCHE ZEITUNG

“She oscillates between the harshness of everyday Soviet life and ... fragile beauty. That's why her episodic novel, her first, is so exciting.”
ZEIT ONLINE

“An absurd, wonderfully wound-up and comical novel… Intense, eloquent, fantastic and amusing, but sometimes also malicious and merciless – this is what Julia Kissina’s novel proves to be.”
DEUTSCHLANDRADIO KULTUR

“Enchanted, crazy: Julia Kissina’s novel «Springtime on the Moon» convinces with warmth and humor, impudence and thoughtfulness.“
FRANKFURTER ALLGEMEINE ZEITUNG

“How can an adult convey a sense of the wealth and chaos of teenage consciousness? Julia Kisina does the impossible in «Springtime on the Moon». This is a striking work; an amazingly beautiful evocation of the lost world of youth, set in Kyiv.“
WEST-GERMAN BROADCASTING (WDR-5)

“A masterfully sculpted piece of reality – cozy in its own way. Life-threatening in its own way.”
NOVY MIR

“The novel «Springtime on the Moon», with its Homeric humor, is a masterpiece in the spirit of Fellini’s «Amarcord», a book of memory. Kissina does not strike a single false note. It is one of the best (sharp, accurate, metaphysical) texts of our generation.“
CHASTNY KORRESPONDENT