Knitting. Return Address

The memoir volume by Alexander Genis combines two very different books under one cover. In both, the reader will encounter familiar characters and material, but the texts radically differ in style. While the cycle of stories "Knitting," built around the author's life, is a dense lyrical prose with theological nuances, "Return Address" remains within the honest confines of non-fiction and can serve as a key to the first book, including photographs of the characters. Such a counterpoint estranges the traditional memoir genre and makes it new and original.