Little Secrets

Petr Aleshkovsky’s “Secret Stuff” is a piercing autofiction about what’s hidden inside ourselves—but what must inevitably be opened in order to live on.

Moscow courtyards and Soviet school, teenage rebellions and family secrets, jeans and “The Beatles” records... The author explores the past and the “secret little things” laid away under glass. This is a book about childhood and youth—about growing up that took place in the 1960s and 1970s.

Petr Aleshkovsky’s autobiographical novel is bold and tender, fast-paced in plot and lyrical. It is an uncompromising attempt to make sense of himself and of time.

Contents:

Part One. Mushroom Prayer

Part Two. “Boy-No”