The Loop

Roman Sencin is a prose writer, the author of novels “Yeltshevye,” “Flooding Zone,” “Rain in Paris,” as well as collections of short prose and journalism. Laureate of the “Big Book,” “Yasnaya Polyana” awards, finalist of the “Russian Booker” and the “National Bestseller.”

“The theme of this book is change. A teenage, rebellious theme, newly enticing people of middle age. After achieving recognition, status, and a family life—settling into a house and routines— they begin to feel a pull toward resetting and restarting life. Realist Sencin makes a risky move. He trespasses into the boundaries of someone else’s experience with serious intent to live it through— and into the darkest, inaccessible places which, unlike Facebook posts, are not readable.”