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One More Year: Stories (2008)

by Sana Krasikov(Favorite Author)

3.69 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

0385524390 (ISBN13: 9780385524391)

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

Spiegel & Grau

review 1: Short stories come in all different styles. Some are character studies; others have more of a vignette feel to them, that slice of life view; and then there are short stories that are more plot driven, with a clear beginning, middle and end. Sana Krasikov manages to capture all three in her collection, One More Year. Her characters are richly drawn and fully developed. Their stories are complex and I feel as if, for the instance of each story, I am walking in their shoes. One More Year is made up of stories of immigrants from the former Soviet Union. Some have settled in while others still struggle to find their footing. There was not a story I did not like in this collection.
review 2: Short stories. Krasikov has been widely compared to Jhumpa Lahiri -- and... more I think that's mainly because they both write about the experiences of immigrants (in Krasikov's case, Russian and Georgian) to the U.S. A pleasure to read. I am looking forward to reading Sana Krasikov's forthcoming novel, as most of her stories left me wanting to know more about the characters. I would like to see her take the time to go delve more deeply in the themes she touches on in this collection. less

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