(Th)Ings and (Th)Oughts by Gorbunova, Alla

(Th)Ings and (Th)Oughts

From a rising star of "inventive and wildly evocative" Russian literature (Publishers Weekly), a collection of short...
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Author: Alla Gorbunova
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(Th)Ings and (Th)Oughts by Gorbunova, Alla

(Th)Ings and (Th)Oughts

$29.12

(Th)Ings and (Th)Oughts

$29.12
Author: Alla Gorbunova
Format: Paperback
Language: English
From a rising star of "inventive and wildly evocative" Russian literature (Publishers Weekly), a collection of short stories that straddles the line between delight and horror. Twisting the art of the fairytale into something entirely her own, Alla Gorbunova's (Th)ings and (Th)oughts is a spellbinding collection of thematically-linked short prose. A teacher contemplates leaving her husband after learning that he doesn't have a soul; a functionary realizes that the only way to survive in contemporary Russia is to go insane; cars fall inexplicably from the sky; skeletons turn up in abandoned lots; a hapless everyman named Ivan Petrovich travels through a madcap Boschian afterlife, coming face-to-face with his own shortcomings, but failing, time after time, to finally get it right. Elsewhere, characters contend with puns, predators, and polyamory, often finding that the bleakness of their existence is an ordeal that only love can sweeten-though it also can't fix anything. A witty satirist with a post-apocalyptic vision and a theologian's sense of seriousness and depth, Gorbunova is heir to the likes of Nikolai Gogol, Mikhail Bulgakov, and Daniil Kharms. In these fantastic, parable-like tales, she restores fiction's capacity to amuse, terrify, and enchant, turning a magical lens on bitter realities.

Author: Alla Gorbunova
Publisher: Deep Vellum Publishing
Published: 11/04/2025
Pages: 200
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.67lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.58d
ISBN: 9781646054039


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 09/29/2025
Kirkus Reviews 11/01/2025

About the Author
Alla Gorbunova has published seven books of poetry and six books of prose. Her novel It's the End of the World, My Love, was awarded the NOS Prize, and the poetry collection Inside Starfall received the Andrey Bely Prize. Her work has been translated into over a dozen languages.Elina Alter is a writer and the translator of Alla Gorbunova's It's the End of the World, My Love. Her other translations include Oksana Vasyakina's Wound and Steppe.

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