Zolotinka. Stories and Poems about Women, Bears, and Magical Creatures

Evgenia Nekrasova is a writer, co-founder of the School of Literary Practices. She is a laureate of the Strannik/NOS and Licei literary awards, a finalist for the Big Book, National Bestseller, and NOS awards. Plays based on her novella "Unhappy Moscow," the novel "Kalechina-Malechina," and the story "Kumutkan" have been staged in Russian theaters. In her new collection of stories and poems "Zolotinka", Evgenia Nekrasova continues to explore the life of women and their everyday experiences in Russia: their relationships with work and family, with their bodies, and with the state. In the most ordinary situations and during times of disaster, women are aided by folkloric beings and their own newfound strength. The first book in the "New Tales" series by Evgenia Nekrasova, illustrated by the renowned artist Ulyana Podkorytova. The gold of the church pierces the eyes of those gathered. Besides Zolotinka's relatives and friends, her boyfriend weeps here, familiar and unfamiliar acquaintances hang their heads, former coaches and training partners, classmates, and even strangers who have never seen her before. Zolotinka is also not visible now. On the golden table lie flowers and a handful of local soil.