[MODERN LITERATURE] Zabrisky, Zarina

Iron

Canada: Epic Rites Press, 2012.

New book.

Item #4986
ISBN: 9781926860138

Paperback
79 pp., illustrated

A collection of short stories set in the former Soviet Union during the time of its collapse.
"Weeping Poppies" is a first-person journey through the countryside stealing poppies out of front yards to make DIY heroin at home.
"The Cross of David" juxtaposes American opportunism with religious ideals. It begins in a Californian cafe across the street from a yoga studio and takes the reader all the way back to the frozen wasteland of a Russian playground.
"The Hungry Duck" is the name of a nightclub located right next to the KGB building in Moscow, where the women are rumored to be slipped date rape drugs by the bartenders.
"Iron" follows two young Russian women on vacation in Tbilisi, Georgia, as they are being kidnapped.

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