Olga Slavnikova’s “Substance”

mbs — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 17:14:14 +0000

Subtropics has just published my translation of Olga Slavnikova’s “Substance,” one of twelve stories loosely connected by a train theme written for Russian Railroads and recently published by AST in a single volume as Liubov’ v sed’mom vagone (Love in Train Car No. 7).

Olga Slavnikova’s Train Stories

mbs — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 14:45:18 +0000

A series of twelve stories written for the Russian Railroads glossy in-train magazine, now published in Russian as Love in Train Car No. 7. Already published: “Love in Train Car No. 7″ (Chtenia/Readings 05 Winter 2009), “Substance” (Subtropics, no. 7, Winter-Spring 2009). Circulating: “Recluse,” “Russian Bullet.” Circulating: “The Cherepanova Sisters,” the Russian original of which won the 2009 Yuri Kabakov Prize for Best Short Story.

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Olga Slavnikova’s “Substance”

Olga Slavnikova’s Train Stories