A Sharp Cold Snap: A Winter Book

“Sudden Chill. The Winter Book,” a vivid anthology of short prose by the “queen of Russian horror” Anna Starobinets, is full of dread and mystery. One of the most widely read Russian-language authors working in intellectual science fiction, Starobinets skillfully weaves traditional human phobias together with their new technogenic forms in her plots. Each generation has its own fears, but at their root lies the same ancient horror. Turning a person into something else, infection, an unknown, threatening Other—these are fears proven by centuries, and they echo differently in each era. By mercilessly turning reality inside out, Anna Starobinets shows that the most terrifying things are not somewhere out there—they are inside us.
The audio collection “Sudden Chill. The Winter Book” includes two novellas (“The Homebody,” “Sudden Chill”) and three short stories (“The Awkward Ones,” “Straight and Left,” “In the Furnace”), performed by outstanding actors.