I Don't Know

Ekaterina Chirkova was born in Moscow, graduated from the philological faculty of Moscow State University and the master's program at the psychological faculty of the Higher School of Economics. Member of the Union of Artists of Russia; practicing psychologist, art therapist. In the novel «I Don't Know», each chapter is a monologue about the lived and the past. Professor of philology and ambitious prose writer Koltsov, his wife Lyolechka, whose main talent is creating a cozy home (unneeded in their family), daughter Anna, searching for herself - each has their own story. «Literary packs» of the 1970s, studying at university in the 1990s, the dangers of paragliding, a journey through real jungles in the 2020s; Moscow streets, cats, embroidered paintings, books and manuscripts. But the main things are the unspoken words and unexperienced feelings, the longing for love and warmth. «Was there at least one real person made of flesh and blood in my life? And what about me? How can I make up for this life spent on spiritual values, on conversations…»