sentences:  Petrushevskaya is regarded as one of Russia's most prominent contemporary writers, and one of the most acclaimed writers at work in Eastern Europe; "Publishers Weekly" has stated that she is "generally considered to be one of the finest living Russian writers".In recent decades, her work has become increasingly well-known in the West.Her writing combines postmodernist trends with the psychological insights and parodic touches of writers such as Anton Chekhov.