Give Me (Songs for Lovers) - Irina Denezhkina

Irina, a pretty girl in her early twenties, is already an international acclaimed writer. The short stories are located in nowadays urban Russia and the recipe used is not at all sophisticated. The main ingredients are teenagers, rock and roll, cheap alcohol, violence, swear words, sex and occasionally, love . Aside, one could detect traces of spices like trippy delusions, introspection or even science fiction. Therefore the result is a bit of a fast food cuisine.

The storytelling is more appropriate for sketches rather than stories, in which she fools around with her creative toolbox, it’s a little bit like taking a photo and playing with it in photoshop for a while, applying different filters and effects just to see what comes out.

One story called ‘Vasya and the Green Men’ stands out from the crowd, a very sweet cream of whimsical fantasy.

The English translation, Give Me: (Songs for Lovers), doesn’t leave in your mouth any special aftertaste, however, reading the original Russian version might be a completely different cup of coffee.

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