Bibliograph

Wound, a novel, Oksana Vasyakina ; translated from the Russian by Elina Alter

Type

Label

Wound, a novel, Oksana Vasyakina ; translated from the Russian by Elina Alter

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Wound

Oclc number

1368111598

Responsibility statement

Oksana Vasyakina ; translated from the Russian by Elina Alter

Sub title

a novel

Summary

"From one of Russia's most exciting new voices, Wound follows a young lesbian poet on a journey from Moscow to her hometown in Siberia, where she has promised to bury her mother's ashes. Woven throughout this fascinating travel narrative are harrowing and at times sublime memories of her childhood and her sexual and artistic awakening. As she carefully documents her grief and interrogates her past, the narrator of Oksana Vasyakina's autobiographical novel meditates on queerness, death, and love and finds new words for understanding her relationship with her mother, her country, her sexuality, and her identity as an artist. A sensual, whip-smart account of the complicated dynamics of queer life in present-day Siberia and Moscow, Wound is also in conversation with feminist thinkers and artists, including Susan Sontag, Louise Bourgeois, and Monique Wittig, locating Vasyakina's work in a rich and exciting international literary tradition" --, Publisher's description

Target audience

adult

Classification