Denis Dragunsky, a master of the short story, has already published ten books: “There Is No Such Word,” “Nightlight,” “The Architect and the Monk,” “The Third Novel of the Writer Abrikosov,” “The Gentleman with the Cat,” “Adult People,” “Five Minutes of Farewell,” and others.
“Windows to the Courtyard” is a new collection of novellas.
Denis Dragunsky’s stories resemble compressed novels or films. Sharp plot twists, dynamic dialogues, collisions of complex characters, and a sudden moment of illumination—those are the traits that lurk in a quiet pond! After reading such a story, you want to think about the characters and their fates, to fantasize about what will happen to them tomorrow or a year from now.