Fr. Grant Barber has written an insightful review for the Three Percent blog of my translation of Andrei Gelasimov’s short novel Thirst (published by AmazonCrossing):
Gelasimov embraces the “show, don’t tell” dictum effectively throughout this short novel from the unique start. The first person narrator, later identified as Constantine or Kostya, has just returned to his home and is trying to fit a lot of bottles of vodka into his refrigerator, and on the window sill, on the floor, in the bathroom and clothes hamper. He’s planning a bender after having done some sort of work, work he’d completed to buy vodka. . . .
To read the full review, click here.
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