Happiness is Possible: Shortlisted for the 2014 Rossica Translation Prize (Paperback)

'Oleg Zaionchkovsky paints a picture of his adopted city Moscow at times reminiscent of that created in The Master and Margarita.' Anna Aslanyan, Independent -------- 'A sincere homage to the mundane romances and workaday tragedies that constitute city life.' TLS -------- 'Zaionchkovsky has an identifiably Russian, dark sense of humour. His writing is rewardingly risky. His novel will continue to make you think after you've finished it: about love, storytelling and Moscow.' A.D. Miller -------- 'In Oleg Zaionchkovsky's engaging novel about contemporary Russian life, the imperial capital city of Moscow takes centre stage.' Lucy Popescu, The Tablet -------- 'Artlessness is the defining aspect of Zaionchkovsky's diction: the absolute harmony of style and dramatic development seems to be entirely natural' Time Out -------- 'Oleg Zaionchkovsky's novel "Happiness is Possible" is an evocative and amusing eulogy to Moscow.' Phoebe Taplin, Russia Beyond the Headlines -------- 'Zaionchkovsky is one of those writers with a natural charm, so at ease with themselves and so self-sufficient that they have no need of superfluous dramatics - he simply has enough talent by himself to create something.' Lev Danilkin -------- 'Oleg Zaionchkovsky makes Moscow small and cosy and its residents friendly, small town neighbours - This is feel good fiction, pure and simple. And anyone who is not happy with that is beyond help.' - Maya Kucherskaya