Yuriy Vynnychuk's novel has already been hailed by critics as a landmark in Ukrainian literature. Written in a postmodernist style with all the characteristic features of this trend, it captivates with a stunning plot flavoured with eroticism, black humour, an unrestrained flow of fantasy and, of course, a magnificent language. But at the same time, this peculiar novel-labyrinth has a deep subtext in the form of countless literary allusions and hints, a game with the reader, both plot and language.

"According to Andriy Bondar, the novel Malva Landa is a very unexpected breakthrough of Ukrainian prose into the realm of a new fantasy that we did not have before. Vynnychuk so skilfully and so deliciously and juicily offers us a completely alternative world, the world of the garbage dump of Ukraine, that I think this novel is the greatest achievement of Ukrainian prose in recent decades."