The Mirror

A fairy-tale-fantasy for the most different age groups. For teenagers, it will be interesting as a sharp adventure story with a tightly wound mystical-criminal plot. And for the older generation, the author’s theme of the beauty of the Russian world—and its interpenetration with German, or rather with European, culture—will be especially appealing. In this fairy tale, the world of miracles of Russian herbalists and the special cleverness of a sorcerer rules, but everything described is infused with bright humor and irony. Even the mysticism in the story is playful, delightfully colorful, and full of zest for life.