Reasons for Living
Reasons for Living by Dmitry Bakin is a collection of seven stories published by Granta UK on August 1, 2002. This edition, written in English and spanning 150 pages, presents Bakin’s unique narrative style, which draws inspiration from folktales and biblical themes. The stories explore the lives of characters navigating a world marked by upheaval, including an orphan in a post-World War II village and two military recruits grappling with their animosity.
Readers will find that Bakin’s characters are in search of security, freedom, and certainty amid challenging circumstances. Set against the backdrop of the Russian countryside, this collection reflects on the human experience through a lens that is both primal and contemporary. The stories delve into the complexities of life and the struggles faced by individuals in a tumultuous environment, making this work a significant contribution to contemporary fiction.
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Dmitry Bakin’s collection of 7 stories recall folktales and the Bible in their primal power, but his taut, unsparing style is uniquely his own. In a world of permanent upheaval, his charactersan orphan who appears in a village at the end of World War II, a man who builds his house around where he sleeps, two young military recruits hypnotized by their animosityare searching for security, freedom, or certainty against all odds. Set in the Russian countryside, this is the first collection by the 36-year-old Bakin translated into English.
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