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The title story of this collection, 'An Awkward Age', spins the tale of a boy growing into adolescence, who appears to have been taken over by a colony of ants. His diary, initially expressed in the barely literate tones of a young child, becomes more accomplished and assured as the protagonist matures, and eventually begins to give way to the voice of the ruler of the anthill. Starobinets' style is flexible and direct, commendably unpretentious, and convincing. Despite the self-evident strangeness of the stories, their recognisably modern Russian settings and their exploration of relationships renders them an insightful take on the contemporary condition of man - in Russia and further afield.
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'Anna Starobinets stands apart from other genre writers thanks to her ability to write in a good, unpolluted and idiomatic Russian' The Moscow Times --The Moscow Times
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Anna Starobinets is a Russian journalist and internationally published author whose first book, An Awkward Age, was nominated for Russia's prestigious National Bestseller Prize.
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- PublisherHesperus Press Ltd
- Publication date2010
- ISBN 10 1843917149
- ISBN 13 9781843917144
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages160
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. Smaller, sturdy book, dark blue covers, light yellow color inside covers and adjacent end papers, 153 pages plus two catalogs. DJ glossy beneath mylar with a color photograph close-up of ants on front and back. DJ and book, both As New. Seller Inventory # 059949
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