WUNDE, von Oksana Vasyakina. Übersetzt von Elina Alter.
„Wound“, Oksana Vasyakinas Debütroman, erzählt von einem Roadtrip, der sowohl eine Totenegie als auch eine Heimkehr ist. Seine Heldin, die wie die Autorin eine preisgekrönte russische Dichterin und LGBTQ-Aktivistin namens Oksana Vasyakina ist, hat über den Tod ihrer Mutter Angella an Brustkrebs gewacht. Jetzt transportiert Oksana die Asche ihrer Mutter 3.000 Meilen von einer Steppenstadt im Westen Russlands nach Ust-Ilimsk, der Industriestadt in der sibirischen Taiga, die ihre Heimatstadt war.
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