About the book: 2010 / "The stories of Anatoly Gavrilov are one of the most noticeable phenomena in modern short prose. The effect of his short story is something like this: half the world was miraculously reflected in the rearview mirror and fit into the frame. Extraordinary density and at the same time dry lightness, the best words in the best order. Gavrilov works near that unattainable point from which prose, poetry and essayism diverge».