Days of Savely

«Cats in literature are not a new topic. I won't list all those who have written about these sacred animals, from Cat Murr by Ernst Theodor Hoffmann to Muri by Ilya Boyashov. And now Savely. We understand that behind the cats, there are always humans shining through. The characters of the Servant – whether they are cats or humans – are real. Lonely and suffering, laughing and loving. Love in this novel deserves special words. It is, as it has turned out, platonic. The highest of all loves».

Grigory Servant was born in 1983 in Moscow. He graduated from the directing department of GITIS (the workshop of Sergey Zhenovach), an actor of the Studio of Theatrical Arts, a soloist of the group O'Casey. «Days of Savely» is his first book, and the novel made it to the long list of the «NOS» award. This manuscript was found by Yevgeny Vodolazkin, who wrote the preface.