Iodine

13 hrs. 44 min.

Romance & Prose

Language Russian

Author Andrey Rubanov

Narrator Alexey Ryabtsov

The novel “Yod” combines autobiographical candor with a story of growing up. It’s both a somewhat cynical internal monologue of the hero standing on the edge of a nervous breakdown, a portrait of time, and an attempt to look honestly inside himself. Through scenes of everyday Moscow life and harsh episodes of the Chechen campaign, the author reflects on the nature of violence and the possibility of forgiveness. A nonlinear structure, the distinctive rhythmic pulse of Rubanov’s prose, and cinematographically precise details immerse the reader in a fractured consciousness searching for support in a world where “a good guy” isn’t a profession.

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