"One of the most prominent names in modern Russian literature."Â -- Publishers Weekly
Day after day the Russian asylum-seekers sit across from the interpreter and Peter -- the Swiss officers who guard the gates to paradise -- and tell of t...
The only author to win all three major Russian literary prizes (including the Russian Booker Prize), Mikhail Shiskin is one of the most acclaimed contemporary Russian literary figures. The Guardian said of Shishkin’s writing: “richly textured and...
The first English-language collection of short stories by Russia's greatest contemporary author, Mikhail Shishkin, the only author to win all three of Russia's most prestigious literary awards.Often included in discussions of Nobel Prize contenders, ...
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A welcome volume of stories from Russia''s finest contemporary fiction writer, Mikhail Shishkin, full of his typical fusing of mysticism and modernist experimentation."" -Sam Sacks,Wall Street Journal
The first English-language collection o...