World

The prose of Irina Moskvin resembles a living bird that has flown into a living room. It feels cramped in the space of familiar things and interiors, she tests the strength and disassembles the most ordinary images of everyday life, turning even a domestic cat, let alone a stray one, into an object of art and research. For example, the life of an aging romantic tenant becomes a Rabelaisian tale of a lost woman in eternal search of love. Moskvin's style is virtually the plot and substance of her works. It is the exceptional case where 'how' is inseparable from 'what'. Even autumn in the city seems like a part of summer. There are many writers with the surname Moskvin: Marina, Tatiana, Tamara. But Irina Moskvin is unique and unlike anyone else. Irina Moskvin is a writer, artist, and puppeteer. She graduated from the Saint Petersburg State Academy of Theatrical Art. She lives in St. Petersburg, working as an artist and a teacher of author puppetry.