Masterful psychological prose!
A novel-game, a parody, a puzzle.
Pavel Basinsky, author of bestsellers about Leo Tolstoy, has written a new book, defining its genre as a «fake novel.» It’s a novel-game, a parody, a puzzle, where each new chapter refutes the previous one. And at the same time, it’s masterful psychological prose.
Innocent Innokenty Inozemtsev, a proud man and a misogynist, unexpectedly finds himself writing a love story. At the same time, a real love story with a tangled intrigue unfolds in his life…
«Between a wolf and a dog… That’s what people used to say about the pre-dawn twilight. That’s the shaky state of mind I’m in right now. It’s the second time in my life I’ve lost a woman who loved me. I found a daughter who hates me. In one evening, from a famous writer I turned into utter nothingness. Yes, I remember everything… But—do I even need it?»