Russian Winter

Senchin’s hero is always a person of reflection—a person of self-examination, whether man or woman (the central character in the novella “Russian Winter” is a girl, a popular playwright). How can one find peace, happiness, and “rightness” while living in the imbalance between a painful everyday life and a doubting soul? Senchin’s prose continues the tradition of Russian classics: to think, to remember, to worry, and to love.

“The novellas are united by the characters’ attempt to change their lives, to flee from the past. Russian winter in the novella is a synonym for Russian slides (the rides)—and the character’s fate changes that winter.” Roman Senchin