Writer L. Ulitskaya has won readers' recognition both at home and abroad. Her books have been translated into many languages of the world; she is the recipient of prestigious awards and the winner of the 2001 Booker Prize.
Her prose, confessional and piercing, conveys the subtlest nuances of human characters and relationships. Ulitskaya astonishingly manages, within the framework of a short story, to unfold several destinies from beginning to end.