Stories of A Life

By Nataliya Meshchaninova Translated by Fiona Bell Longlisted for the NOS(E) Award A Russian cult hit by rising filmmaker and author Nataliya Meshchaninova, Stories of a Life is a fierce and tender memoir-novel of one young woman’s experiences growing up around, and despite, men in the post-Soviet malaise of the late ‘90s. Publication Date: February 1, 2022 Paperback: 9781646051151eBook: 9781646051168 Description Originally written as a series of viral Facebook posts, then released as a cult hit in St. Petersburg, Meshchaninova’s serialized memoir-novel tackles gender politics and abuse with honest, cutting language. Stories of A Life depicts the life of Natasha, a young woman who suffers abuse first at the hands of her stepfather Sasha and then by young men in the village nearby. This powerful, postmodern novel witnesses the Dickensian struggles of provincial life and reckons with the complicity of fellow women. Starkly down-to-earth yet funny and informal, Stories of A Life demands