Кем бы я была, если бы не была собой

"Kem by i͡a byla, esli by ne byla soboĭ" - ėto debi͡utnyĭ sbornik rasskazov Rity Bullvinkel: kniga, v kotoroĭ realʹnostʹ postoi͡anno uskolʹzaet i prinimaet samye prichudlivye formy. Zdesʹ poi͡avli͡ai͡utsi͡a prizraki i medium, oderzhimai͡a arfami zhenshchina i shkolʹnit͡sy, schitai͡ushchie sebi͡a rastenii͡ami, zakli͡uchennye GULAGa, vli͡ublennye podrostki, oderzhimai͡a volosami vdova, zmeĭ, pritvori͡ai͡ushchiĭsi͡a grusheĭ, i dazhe plotoi͡adnai͡a t͡serkovʹ. Ėti beskonechno strannye, poroĭ grotesknye, no pri ėtom trogatelʹnye i pugai͡ushchie istorii soedini͡ai͡ut v sebe absurd i glubokui͡u chelovechnostʹ. Geroi sbornika ispytyvai͡ut vozmozhnosti sobstvennogo tela, stavi͡at pod somnenie privychnye predstavlenii͡a o realʹnosti i pytai͡utsi͡a razobratʹsi͡a v samykh fundamentalʹnykh voprosakh bytii͡a - prirode soznanii͡a, li͡ubvi, strakha i odinochestva. . Rita Bullvinkel - odna iz samykh i͡arkikh pisatelʹnit͡s svoego pokolenii͡a, laureat premii Whiting Award, kotorai͡a prisuzhdaetsi͡a ezhegodno desi͡ati nachinai͡ushchim avtoram. - Ee roman "Udar v golovu" stal nastoi͡ashcheĭ literaturnoĭ sensat͡sieĭ i byl nominirovan na Pulitt͡serovskui͡u i Bukerovskui͡u premii. - "Kem by i͡a byla, esli by ne byla soboĭ" - debi͡utnyĭ sbornik rasskazov pisatelʹnit͡sy. V nego voshli 17 strannykh, poroĭ absurdnykh i pronzitelʹnykh istoriĭ o telesnosti, li͡ubvi i odinochestve. - Kniga "Kem by i͡a byla, esli by ne byla soboĭ" poluchila premii͡u literaturnogo zhurnala The Believer i voshla v spiski luchshikh knig goda po versii Nylon, PopSugar, Bustle, The Millions i HelloGiggles. - Kritiki The New York Times, Kirkus, Paris Review, Los Angeles Review of Books i drugikh izdaniĭ nazvali Ritu Bullvinkel iskli͡uchitelʹno talantlivym avtorom i novym vazhnym golosom v sovremennoĭ literature.

“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.