Zinovii Zinik
Zinovii ZinikMind the doors

Mind the doors

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Mind the doors

long short stories

A Russian migr currently living in Great Britain, Zinik deals with the immigrant experience in five stories set mostly in contemporary London. Zinik specializes in delightful images and outrageous puns, with echoes of such master writers as Chekhov and Kafka. However, he is less successful when it comes to the development of plot and character.

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Zinoviĭ Zinik-Ėmigra︠t︡si︠i︡a kak literaturnyĭ priem

Ėmigra︠t︡si︠i︡a kak literaturnyĭ priem

Zinoviĭ Zinik

Zinoviĭ Zinik-One-way ticket

One-way ticket

Zinoviĭ Zinik

Zinoviĭ Zinik-Russkai͡a︡ sluzhba

Russkai͡a︡ sluzhba

Zinoviĭ Zinik

Zinoviĭ Zinik-mushroom-picker

Mushroom-picker

Zinoviĭ Zinik

Zinoviĭ Zinik-Russofobka i Fungofil

Russofobka i Fungofil

Zinoviĭ Zinik

Zinoviĭ Zinik-Lord i egerʹ

Lord i egerʹ

Zinoviĭ Zinik

Zinoviĭ Zinik-mushroom-picker

Mushroom-picker

Zinoviĭ Zinik

Zinoviĭ Zinik-mushroom-picker

Mushroom-picker

Zinoviĭ Zinik

Zinoviĭ Zinik-Russofobka i fungofil

Russofobka i fungofil

Zinoviĭ Zinik

Zinoviĭ Zinik-[Russofobka i fungofil

[Russofobka i fungofil

Zinoviĭ Zinik

Zinoviĭ Zinik-[Peremeshchennoe lit͡s︡o

[Peremeshchennoe lit͡s︡o

Zinoviĭ Zinik

Zinoviĭ Zinik-Service russe

Service russe

Zinoviĭ Zinik

Zinoviĭ Zinik-Russkai͡a︡ sluzhba

Russkai͡a︡ sluzhba

Zinoviĭ Zinik

Zinoviĭ Zinik-personne déplacée

Personne déplacée

Zinoviĭ Zinik

Zinoviĭ Zinik-Peremeshchennoe Litso

Peremeshchennoe Litso

Zinoviĭ Zinik

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Zinovy Zinik in Mind the Doors presents five "long" short stories describing the poignant and sometimes painful life of the unassimilated Russian émigré in post cold-war London (with the exception of the fifth, which takes place in Moscow). His use of language to describe his character's observations evokes images in such colorful and vibrant ways as to allow us to remember similar feelings in our own past when we perhaps encountered parallel situations, images that were otherwise forgotten until reawakened by his prose.
Zinovy Zinik is famous for his brilliant novels, translated into many European languages and adapted for the cinema and TV. But his stories are no less delightful and witty.

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