Ebook {Epub PDF} Snow in May: Stories by Kseniya Melnik

 · Snow in May, the debut work by Kseniya Melnik, is a collection of nine linked short stories set in Magadan, Russia over the last half century. Kseniya Melnik. HarperCollins Publishers Australia, - Magadan (Russia) - pages. 17 Reviews. Featuring nine miniature epics, set between the s and the present, in Russia and the US, 'Snow in May' brings to life characters all bound together by a relationship to the town Magadan, a former transit base for prisoners sent to 4/5(17). Kseniya Melnik's Snow in May introduces a cast of characters bound by their relationship to the port town of Magadan in Russia's Far East, a former gateway for prisoners assigned to Stalin’s forced-labor camps. Comprised of a surprising mix of newly minted professionals, ex-prisoners, intellectuals, musicians, and faithful Party workers, the community is vibrant and resilient and life in Magadan .

Kseniya Melnik's debut collection of short stories portrays life in Magadan, Russia, a town notorious for it's Gulag labor camps. NPR's Rachel Martin talks with Melnik about her book, Snow in May. Kseniya Melnik's short story collection, Snow in May is a poignant debut about family, hardships, the arts, and tradition. The stories offer a glimpse into the lives of an interesting mix of characters from varying circumstances all connected with the remote Russian town of Magadan. " Kseniya Melnik's beautiful Snow in May is an education in how history is routed, refracted, and reconciled inside the human heart." — Anthony Marra, author of the bestselling and award-winning A Constellation of Vital Phenomena " breathtaking debut Melnik's tales burn with life." — Laura van den Berg, author of The Isle of Youth.

Snow in May: Stories by Kseniya Melnik. Click here for the lowest price! Hardcover, , Kseniya Melnik's debut book is the linked story collection Snow in May, which was short-listed for the International Dylan Thomas Prize and long-listed for the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award. It was published in the US and UK in and will come out in Japan in translation in Kseniya Melnik's Snow in May introduces a cast of characters bound by their relationship to the port town of Magadan in Russia's Far East, a former gateway for prisoners assigned to Stalin's forced-labor camps. Comprised of a surprising mix of newly minted professionals, ex-prisoners, intellectuals, musicians, and faithful Party workers, the community is vibrant and resilient and life in Magadan thrives even under the cover of near-perpetual snow.