Factory Settings

Aleksandra Ruchyeva is a prose writer, editor, and engineer. Born in 1993 in Chebarkul, Chelyabinsk Oblast. “Factory Settings” is her debut novel. From childhood, Sasha knows that working with metal is her calling. Her favorite toys were “junk”—metal parts that her mom and dad brought from the Chebarkul metallurgical plant. Growing up, the heroine decides to continue the family tradition. “Factory Settings” is a novel in stories about a young woman who is passionate about what is usually considered a “man’s business.” It’s vibrant industrial autofiction and a coming-of-age story filled with childhood memories and sincere love for her craft—love that she will have to fight for. “Here we have the first swallow of a resurrected genre—a production novel, a family story of ordinary factory workers who love and value their work, told from the perspective of a modern young woman” (VERA BOGDANOVA).