Jean-Pierre Milovanoff is a novelist, playwright, poet and essayist. He is one of the most striking figures in modern French literature, his works are distinguished by an unusual mixture of extremely rigid style and subtle lyricism, and his language is unusually poetic. Milovanoff's books have been translated into many languages, and the release of The Pagan Altar in England became, judging by the reviews of critics, a real event. Here is the reaction to this publication of the VLB-information portal: “...His “Pagan Altar” is a real discovery for the entire reading public. This is a piercingly clear, like mountain air, story about a boy who was found one day in the alpine snow and pursued all his life by Fate, which knows neither pity nor mercy. The role of chance and coincidences, what depends on us in this world and what does not is a very complex topic , but isn’t this what each of us asks ourselves sooner or later? Milovanoff is unique: he is not edifying and does not impose anything - you draw your own conclusions..."