Anna Starobinets: Icarus Gland

Anna Starobinets has been called the "Russian Stephen King," the "Russian Neil Gaiman," and the "Russian Orwell." But this author is simply special. She arguably possesses the best imagination in all of contemporary Russian fiction. She has a unique instinct for phobias, manias, and sore spots, and an almost extrasensory ability to find breaches in the mundane world through which a chilly, frightening wonder wafts.
"Icarus Gland" is a collection of seven gripping stories about a shifting reality. In this reality, one can undergo a simple operation to become an exemplary family man, only to inadvertently lose their soul. A long-awaited trip to the capital of the world turns into a road to hell; a failed screenwriter finds himself at the epicenter of an alien invasion instead of meeting with producers; an awakened gene threatens to mold either an angel or a demon out of a human chrysalis; and it remains unclear what goals the creators of a computer game for children are pursuing. Many things can happen in the familiar world when seen through the unique vision of Anna Starobinets!

Author: Anna Starobinets 

Pages: 256 (typographic). Hardcover

Dimensions: 137x208x23 mm