Secrets: Stories

Natalia Meshchaninova is a cult filmmaker and the screenwriter of Boris Khlebnikov’s films “Aritmiya,” Oksana Bychkova’s “Another Year,” and Alexei Fedorchenko’s “Anna’s War.” She directed the films “Kombinat ‘Nadezhda’” and “The Heart of the World,” as well as the series “An Ordinary Woman” and “My Mom’s Penguins.” Winner of the Nika film award in the “Best Screenplay” category for “Aritmiya,” and winner of the grand prize at the Kinotavr festival for “The Heart of the World.” “Secrets. Stories” is a collection of Natalia Meshchaninova’s candid and fierce autobiographical stories. With the dramatic mastery that is characteristic of her, and without losing her taste for absurd irony, Meshchaninova writes about the cruel and fragile time of childhood, about fear and fearlessness, about love and personal growth. The collection made it into the long list of the National Bestseller award (2018). Read by the author!