This collection includes psychological and mystical stories aimed at exploring the soul—because it holds so much within itself: fears, desires, vices. Yulia and Anastasia Lavryashiny dissect the human soul so readers can look into it and find answers to important questions.
Yulia Lavryashina. “An Useless Question” Ulyana, an actress on well-known TV series, lives with her daughter and keeps a secret—no one knows who her father is. After her daughter was born, the entire world of Ulyana narrowed down to her, and nothing else mattered anymore. Will she be able to preserve this island of love and peace, or can the life of an actress not remain in the shadows?
Yulia Lavryashina. “May the Subject of Light Be!” Mark is trying to accept his father’s death and learn how to live without him. He withdraws, spends a lot of time at home—until, at the theater, he meets an old acquaintance of his aunt: the poet Yermolaev. Mark decides to take part in a poetry contest, and that fundamentally changes his familiar life.
The collection of stories by Anastasia Lavryashina.
The collection brings together stories worth diving into headfirst in order to find yourself in a mysterious atmosphere—and at times even a little frightening. Here you can find tales about hunting the unclean, as well as about a strange blind girl. Mystical stories alternate with stories of real life, which turn out to be no less mysterious.
Yulia Lavryashina is the author of more than 50 books of prose for adults and children, as well as a number of plays and film scripts. A member of the Union of Writers of Russia, and a laureate of the V. P. Krapivin International Children’s Literature Prize. Together with her son, the young composer Evgeny Lavryashin, she writes songs and musicals. Distinctive features of her prose are an intense plot and psychological depth.
Anastasia Lavryashina is still a student, but she has been writing since childhood. Her work has been published in Moscow magazines such as “Putevodnaya Zvezda” (where her story was recognized as the best material of the year), “Luchik,” and others. At present, Anastasia is studying publishing at Moscow Polytechnic University and training to become a director in the film and television school “Industriya” named after S. Bondarchuk. She became a finalist of the All-Russian screenwriting contest “Method.”