http://andalittlewine.blogspot.com/2012/06/natasha-and-other-stories-by-david.ht...Natasha, and Other Stories by David Bezmozgis has traveled with me for a long a time. Published in 2004, I'm pretty sure I grabbed the small hardcover off the shelf the first time I saw it. I read it and forgot I'd...
—I call it my second birthday, Roidman said. Samuil invited him in and joined him at the kitchen table to raise a toast. —So, a happy occasion, Roidman said and smiled. One has to remember to rejoice—especially when everything is not going quite according to plan. By “not going quite according to...
He handed the driver his fare, fifteen hryvnia, and lumbered to take one of the vacant seats in the rear of the vehicle. This was not hard to do. All of the seats were vacant and would remain so for much of the trip. He was going against the current. At the other end, in Simferopol, a crowd was b...