"... I read your book and I want to congratulate you on its exceptional merits. I think no one has handled the subject of childhood like you. You haven't spoken about hidden harshness, about this invisible blend of imagination and reality, in such an open and unexpected way. Proust, Jerzy Kosinski, and Lewis Carroll came to mind... But you have found a truth here that none of these three authors captured. I eagerly await your next book."

(excerpt from a letter by John Updike)

"... No analysis of "Cassandra and the Wolf" can explain the charm and enigma of the book. The first novel by Margarita Karapanou, "Cassandra and the Wolf", is one of those rare creations that are mysteriously born, without any precedent. The book is original, terrifying, complete. It invents its own story, enters nightmarish situations and comes out, just as it mixes dreams with reality.
"Cassandra and the Wolf" is a small, nervous novel with a perfect sense of technique. It is never sentimental, beautiful, or inflated. Margarita Karapanou understands that a narrative is nothing but "detail, detail, detail". "

(excerpt from a review by Jerome Charyn (New York Times)