A Russian-language collection of short stories unfolding in Moscow, Kiev, Hanoi, San Francisco, New Jersey, in the country of Lilliput, among the Italian diaspora, in heaven, in jail, on a deserted island, and, regardless of place, inside somebody's head. Previously published in literary magazines in Russia and the US, these stories now claim their new home under one cover - the second title by Anna Mazurova, the author of Transcript, a novel on the burden of sanity and social responsibility erroneously read by many as a collection of perevodcheskie baiki, witty first-hand 'translator anecdotes'. Perhaps this new work created between 2000 and 2015 will shed a different light on the novel by offering other perspectives: young brides, old hags, mythical creatures and down-to-earth researchers, embassy workers, immigrants, corporate employees... - just read.
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