Maria Galina
Auteur de Iramifications: An Adventure Novel (Glas New Russian Writing)
A propos de l'auteur
Œuvres de Maria Galina
Медведки 2 exemplaires
Medvedki 1 exemplaire
Givi I Shenderovich 1 exemplaire
Pokrivalo dlia Avaddona 1 exemplaire
Proshai, Moi Angel 1 exemplaire
Куриный Бог 1 exemplaire
Когда мы были шпионами 1 exemplaire
Oeuvres associées
Read Russia!: An Anthology of New Voices — Contributeur — 14 exemplaires
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Date de naissance
- 1958-11-10
- Sexe
- female
- Nationalité
- Russia
- Lieu de naissance
- Tver, Russia
- Lieux de résidence
- Moscow, Russia
Bergen, Norway
Odessa, Ukraine - Professions
- poet
literary critic
translator
marine biologist
Membres
Critiques
Listes
Prix et récompenses
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 14
- Aussi par
- 1
- Membres
- 34
- Popularité
- #413,653
- Évaluation
- 3.1
- Critiques
- 2
- ISBN
- 8
- Langues
- 2
The strength of Mole Crickets is its humorous narrative voice: the story is told by an "editor" named Blinkin (pseudonym: Trigorin) who invents life stories/histories for his clients, including a man who grew up in an orphanage and doesn't want to settle for just a family history.
Though all the plot lines didn't fit together as neatly as they might, the mystical element fell totally flat for me, and Mole Crickets occasionally felt a bit too quirky, Galina's portrayal of a loner's life (and those who intrude) was lots of fun to read.
(There's more about Mole Crickets on my blog, here.)… (plus d'informations)