01/04/2025
Ilya Leutin’s stories are populated by tough, damaged characters whose emotions run deep. Shot through with unpinpointable yet palpable psychological tension, Leutin’s stories are nevertheless told with wise-child knowingness, halfway between innocence and experience. They depict a cross-section of young Russians from various ethnic and class backgrounds, all searching for identity, meaning and an elusive sense of belonging. Anna Aslanyan’s deft translation brings these fresh and original tales to Englishlanguage readers for the first time.
