New Adventures of Helen
“One of Russia’s best living writers . . . Her tales inhabit a borderline between this world and the next.” —The New York Times
At first glance, the stories in The New Adventures of Helen seems simple, even child-like, but a deep reading reveals satire and darkness manifested through classic fairy tale tropes characteristically upended by Petrushevskaya. These “adult fairy tales” ask deep questions...
“One of Russia’s best living writers . . . Her tales inhabit a borderline between this world and the next.” —The New York Times
At first glance, the stories in The New Adventures of Helen seems simple, even child-like, but a deep reading reveals satire and darkness manifested through classic fairy tale tropes characteristically upended by Petrushevskaya. These “adult fairy tales” ask deep questions...
