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One More Year

One More Year

by SanaKrasikov (Author)

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    Paperback 2009

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Synopsis

The protagonists of Sana Krasikova's indelible stories are mostly women - some of them are new to America; some still live in the former Soviet Union, in Georgia or Russia; and some have returned to Russia to find a country they barely recognize and people they no longer understand. Mothers leave children behind; children abandon their parents. Almost all of them look to love to repair their lives, and when love isna't really there, they attempt to make do with a paler, lighter imitation of it, with substitutes for love.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 208
 Publisher: Portobello Books Ltd
Published: 01 Jun 2009
ISBN 10: 1846271770
ISBN 13: 9781846271779

Media Reviews
Praise for One More Year Sana Krasikov's memorable characters emerge, fully formed and breathing on their own, from a deep, clear pool of seemingly effortless language, a knowing and incisive but empathetic sensibility. These stories are original, resplendent, and brilliant. --Kate Christensen, author of The Great Man Sana Krasikov is the real thing. Her stories take shape inside the specific world of emigres wrestling with language and loss and the stubborn details of survival, but they open into the largest of worlds and speak a universal language of heartbreak and desire. --Jonathan Rosen, author of The Life of the Skies In her stunning short-story debut, Krasikov hones in on the subtleties of hope and despair that writhe in the hearts of her protagonists, largely Russian and Georgian immigrants who have settled on the East Coast ... Krasikov's prose is precise, and her stories are intelligent, complex, and passionate. -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) Sana Krasikov's observations of the world her characters inhabit--full of big and small tragedies, laughable and lamentable incidents--are as sharp as a surgeon's scalpel, yet her understanding of her characters--most often of their follies and imperfections--are tender and sympathetic. She treats every story as a novel, and the readers of these stories will, in the end, live with the characters beyond the space of a short story. These stories are the debut of a major literary voice shaped by the literary traditions both American and Russian. --Yiyun Li, author of A Thousand Years of Good Prayers
Author Bio
Sana Krasikov was born in the Ukraine and grew up in the former Soviet Republic of Georgia and in the United States. A graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop, she is the recipient of an O. Henry Award and a Fulbright Scholarship. She lives in NYC and is at work on her first novel.