Gülnaz Lezhneva has created a fantastic world where the present intertwines with an ancient Bashkir epic. The heroine of the novel “Tamuk” appears in a remote Bashkir village as a light swan feather, where even the television shows only gray static. She will have to pass a series of terrifying trials before she understands that she lives in a space full of chthonic monsters and primordial horror, where the forces of good and evil are locked in an eternal struggle that, once it ends, begins again...
The heroine of the novella “Lyaysan” is a naive girl who finds herself alone in an adult world—cruel and unfair. But that world is full of ancient magical forces that come to Lyaysan’s aid, and in the end she finds herself in another dimension.