RaveWords Without BordersPatrik’s perspective is mirrored in Bernofsky’s translation, with its perfectly balanced tone of dry humor and tenderness ... Ultimately, whether the story is a fever song or an afterlife dream feels irrelevant. It is Patrik’s performance of his story that makes this brilliant book unique.
Brandon Shimoda
RavePoetry FoundationThis collection is at once a memorial to the past and a survey of its aftermath. Any single section would alone form a strong book. In Hydra Medusa, Shimoda has created a cohesive work of great depth and power.
