Matthew Janney

The diary of a tortured man: Deceit, by Yuri Felsen, reviewed

An exile in Paris is tormented by the loss of his homeland and an obsessive love affair in this forgotten first novel by ‘the Russian Proust’

Yuri Felsen, aged 18. 
issue 20 August 2022
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    Yuri Felsen, translated by Bryan Karetnyk

    Prototype Publishing, pp. 200, £12

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