Кем бы я была, если бы не была собой

“Kem by ya byla, esly by ne byla soboy” — eto debyutnyy sbornyk rasskazov Ryty Bullvynkel: knyga, v kotoroy realnost postoyanno uskolzaet y prynymaet samye prychudlyvye formy. Zdes poyavlyayutsya pryzraky y medyum, oderzhymaya arfamy zhenshchyna y shkolnytsy, schytayushchye sebya rastenyyamy, zaklyuchennye GULAGa, vlyublennye podrostky, oderzhymaya volosamy vdova, zmey, prytvoryayushchyysya grushey, y dazhe plotoyadnaya tserkov. Ety beskonechno strannye, poroy grotesknye, no pry etom trogatelnye y pugayushchye ystoryy soedynyayut v sebe absurd y glubokuyu chelovechnost. Geroy sbornyka yspytyvayut vozmozhnosty sobstvennogo tela, stavyat pod somnenye pryvychnye predstavlenyya o realnosty y pytayutsya razobratsya v samykh fundamentalnykh voprosakh bytyya — pryrode soznanyya, lyubvy, strakha y odynochestva. . Ryta Bullvynkel – odna yz samykh yarkykh pysatelnyts svoego pokolenyya, laureat premyy Whiting Award, kotoraya prysuzhdaetsya ezhegodno desyaty nachynayushchym avtoram. – Ee roman «Udar v golovu» stal nastoyashchey lyteraturnoy sensatsyey y byl nomynyrovan na Pulyttserovskuyu y Bukerovskuyu premyy. – «Kem by ya byla, esly by ne byla soboy» – debyutnyy sbornyk rasskazov pysatelnytsy. V nego voshly 17 strannykh, poroy absurdnykh y pronzytelnykh ystoryy o telesnosty, lyubvy y odynochestve. – Knyga «Kem by ya byla, esly by ne byla soboy» poluchyla premyyu lyteraturnogo zhurnala The Believer y voshla v spysky luchshykh knyg goda po versyy Nylon, PopSugar, Bustle, The Millions y HelloGiggles. – Krytyky The New York Times, Kirkus, Paris Review, Los Angeles Review of Books y drugykh yzdanyy nazvaly Rytu Bullvynkel ysklyuchytelno talantlyvym avtorom y novym vazhnym golosom v sovremennoy lyterature.

“Who Would I Be if I Wasn't Myself” is the debut collection of short stories by Rita Bullwinkel: a book in which reality constantly slips away and takes on the most bizarre forms. There are ghosts and a medium, a harp-obsessed woman and schoolgirls who consider themselves plants, GULAG prisoners, teenagers in love, a widow obsessed with hair, a snake pretending to be a pear, and even a carnivorous church. These infinitely strange, sometimes grotesque, but at the same time touching and frightening stories combine the absurd and deep humanity. The characters of the collection experience the possibilities of their own bodies, question familiar ideas about reality and try to understand the most fundamental issues of existence — the nature of consciousness, love, fear and loneliness. . Rita Bullwinkel is one of the brightest writers of her generation, the winner of the Whiting Award, which is awarded annually to ten aspiring authors. – Her novel "A Blow to the Head" became a real literary sensation and was nominated for Pulitzer and Booker Prizes. – "Who would I be if I wasn't myself" is the debut collection of short stories by the writer. It includes 17 strange, sometimes absurd and poignant stories about physicality, love and loneliness. – The book "Who would I be if I weren't Myself" won The Believer literary magazine award and was included in the lists of the best books of the year according to Nylon, PopSugar, Bustle, The Millions and HelloGiggles. – Critics of The New York Times, Kirkus, Paris Review, Los Angeles Review of Books and other publications Rita Bullwinkel was called an exceptionally talented author and an important new voice in modern literature.