Stories of a Life

Stories of A Life is a powerful, postmodern novel that depicts the life of Natasha, a young woman who suffers abuse from her stepfather and young men in the village. It is a starkly down-to-earth yet funny and informal novel that demands that we bear witness to the bleakness of a young womanhood in post-Soviet Russia. Meshchaninova is held in high regard as part of a new wave of women filmmakers in Russia.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 112 pages
Publication date: 17 March 2022
Publisher: Deep Vellum Publishing

Originally written as a series of viral Facebook posts, then released as a cult hit in St. Petersburg, Meshchaninovas serialized memoir-novel tackles gender politics and abuse with honest, cutting language. Stories of A Life depicts the life of Natasha, a young woman who suffers abuse first at the hands of her stepfather Sasha and then by young men in the village nearby. This powerful, postmodern novel witnesses the Dickensian struggles of provincial life and reckons with the complicity of fellow women. Starkly down-to-earth yet funny and informal, Stories of A Life demands that we bear witness to the bleakness of a young womanhood in post-Soviet Russia. Meshchaninova is held in high regard as part of a new wave of women filmmakers in Russia, and with this collection cements her position as a woman willing to stare down the viewer and demand complicity.

Originally written as a series of viral Facebook posts, then released as a cult hit in St. Petersburg, Meshchaninovas serialized memoir-novel tackles gender politics and abuse with honest, cutting language. Stories of A Life depicts the life of Natasha, a young woman who suffers abuse first at the hands of her stepfather Sasha and then by young men in the village nearby. This powerful, postmodern novel witnesses the Dickensian struggles of provincial life and reckons with the complicity of fellow women. Starkly down-to-earth yet funny and informal, Stories of A Life demands that we bear witness to the bleakness of a young womanhood in post-Soviet Russia. Meshchaninova is held in high regard as part of a new wave of women filmmakers in Russia, and with this collection cements her position as a woman willing to stare down the viewer and demand complicity.

Weight: 160g
Dimension: 108 x 178 x 15 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781646051151