Reinhard Jirgl. DOG NIGHTS novel, trans. and comments by T. Baskakova, 500 pp., ISBN 978-598144-100-4

A report, sometimes shockingly frank, about life in East and West Germany, before and after the fall of the Berlin Wall. A novel written in 1997, but continuing the experimental line of German expressionism. A mirror parable, the characters of which turn out to be facets of one personality. A book-labyrinth with alchemical symbolism and many hidden meanings.

Such masterly, rhythmic, rich in allusions, complex and at the same time convincing works have not appeared in German for many years. Neue Zürcher Zeitung

Filigree work with language, creating the effect of defamiliarization... Reinhard Jirgl is trying to build a new space, exposing the fragments of mental life. Berliner LeseZeichen

Never before has the post-war era in German history been portrayed so convincingly. Die Zeit

It is alive - demanding, experimental, uncompromising literature, and Jirgl is undoubtedly one of its most significant representatives. Frankfurter Rundschau