Justified Jealousy

The prose of Andrei Bitov from the 60s to 80s has become a classic of 20th-century Russian literature, but it now feels like a natural response to today's reality. The collection of stories "Justified Jealousy" is akin to a lifetime... edition that Andrei Georgievich Bitov (1937–2018) compiled with particular care. The book is supplemented by the autobiographical "Postscript," written by him at the end of his life. "I am not a pack animal. I actually believe that a person is not quite a pack animal. When he leaves it, he becomes a marginal. An artist or a criminal. I was lucky to choose the former, but the latter could have happened as well. And, since I am still alive, I cannot completely bypass life. No, no! It will touch me," Andrei Bitov.