Opossedly
11 hrs. 32 min.
Language
Russian
Author
Aleksey Salnikov
Author
Aleksey Salnikov
Narrator
Gennady Smirnov
Narrator
Gennady Smirnov
Description
A story that begins with a small poem and very soon grows into something truly significant.
Aleksei Salnikov is a poet and prose writer, the author of the novels “The Petrovs in the Flu and Around It” and “The Department,” as well as three poetry collections. Winner of the National Bestseller Prize, a finalist of the “Big Book” and “NOS” prizes.
In his new novel “Indirectly,” he presents an alternative reality in which poems are not just text, but a real drug.
At seventeen, Lena writes her first poem in order to get her friend’s older brother’s approval. And then she can’t stop. The verses become for her both grief and comfort, a way to earn money and a form of sorcery—part of everyday life, as close as family and friends. They don’t go away, you can’t throw them out—you can’t shrug them off. Maybe it’s because blood isn’t water, but still—partly it’s ink.
Aleksei Salnikov is a poet and prose writer, the author of the novels “The Petrovs in the Flu and Around It” and “The Department,” as well as three poetry collections. Winner of the National Bestseller Prize, a finalist of the “Big Book” and “NOS” prizes.
In his new novel “Indirectly,” he presents an alternative reality in which poems are not just text, but a real drug.
At seventeen, Lena writes her first poem in order to get her friend’s older brother’s approval. And then she can’t stop. The verses become for her both grief and comfort, a way to earn money and a form of sorcery—part of everyday life, as close as family and friends. They don’t go away, you can’t throw them out—you can’t shrug them off. Maybe it’s because blood isn’t water, but still—partly it’s ink.
