"Carefully reasoned and researched."
— Robert Murray Davis, Transitions
"A timely and interesting perspective on significant trends in 'Writings from an Unbound Europe.'"
— Harold B. Segel, German Quarterly Book Review
"For specialists in a particular region or literature, this book offers a comparative overview of postcommunist literary strategies across national borders. For advanced undergraduates, this book will provide a highly informative, always clear and interesting textbook on the intersections between politics and culture, markets and society. Reading East European literature may suddenly become relevant again."
— Yvonne Howell, Slavic and Eastern European Journal
"Ambitious, bold, and engagingly written; it will serve as a helrful introduction to the recent cultural poitics of the region. . . . A book that will not leave its readers indifferent, and will likely provoke impassioned response from some of them--and this is surely a remarkable accomplishment for a scholarly monograph."
— Vitaly Chernetsky, Russian Review