Part of the Picture

Aся Volodina - a prose writer, author of novels "Protagonist", "Part of the Picture", "Cicadas", laureate of the Moscow Art Theater Prize and the Moscow Art Prize. "What is wrong with the picture? Are you listening? You are also a part of this picture." Sofia Lvovna - a middle school teacher. Her voice is quiet, and her influence is subtle. But what if a pawn makes a move against the rules? How quickly will it start to interfere with other pieces: teachers, students, administration, parents? And how not to cross the boundaries of the field? Power and submission, romance and ethics, conformity and rebellion - everything begins in a school where not only children learn. "School prose is a rare genre in today's literature, and Asya Volodina finds a way not just to continue and develop the tradition, but to pour plenty of new wine into old barrels." Galina Yuzefovich