loppear reviewed Vita Nostra by Marina Dyachenko
"While vacationing at the beach with her mother, Sasha Samokhina meets the mysterious Farit Kozhennikov …
creepy magic of higher education
4 stars
Interplay of subtle and disturbing otherworldly moments to capture so recognizably the transition from high school to college and the variety of struggles to grasp advanced subjects' - maybe math, maybe language, maybe psychology or sociology - beauty and explanatory power.