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Sana Krasikov's short story collection has won widespread accolades and earmarked the author as a writer of immense promise. In these affecting tales, Russian and Georgian immigrants find love and fear in their new homeland. "In her stunning short story debut, Krasikov hones in on the subtleties of hope and despair that writhe in the hearts of her protagonists."-Publishers Weekly, starred review
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"I am glad I picked up this book when I did, due to recent events my interest in Russia was piqued. This author writes beautiful stories mostly about women in America trying to improve their situations but yearning for their past and to be with the people they love. I look forward to the author's first novel."
— Abby (4 out of 5 stars)
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“A brilliant new writers whose characters are gloriously brought to life with humor, sympathy, and unexpected tenderness.”
— Khaled Hosseini, author of The Kite Runner -
“Krasikov’s memorable character emerge, fully formed and breathing on their own, from a deep, clear pool of seemingly effortless language, a knowing and incisive but empathetic sensibility. There stories are original, resplendent, and brilliant.”
— Kate Christensen, New York Times bestselling author of The Great Man -
“Krasikov’s cast of exiles, refugees, and repatriates are also, more fundamentally, people moving in and out of love—or what passes for it. She has written a sensitive book about the economics of relationships: how they can become subtle transactions by people trying to pull off the trick of occupying more than one place and more than one time.”
— New York Times Book Review -
“[A] stunning debut collection.”
— O, The Oprah Magazine -
“Krasikov’s clear eye and economy of expression serve her purpose well, conveying whole lifetimes of grief and ambition in a few words. America—a country in the grip of a ‘fantasy of itself,’ as she puts it—needs more writers like her.”
— Guardian (London) -
“Extraordinary…It is one thing (often a writer’s self-flattery) to present characters in complex distress as if they were specimens. It’s something else to stand alongside them, not with sentiment but with humility, with a kind of emotional and spiritual solidarity. Krasikov achieves this, and we’re larger for it.”
— San Francisco Chronicle -
“Shrewdly humane and formally exquisite…Krasikov is as good as Junot Díaz and Jhumpa Lahiri.”
— Miami Herald -
“With great tenderness Krasikov reminds us that the immigrant cannot leave their personality, or their family, behind when they leave the old country. I can’t think when I’ve read a writer who has more effectively and subtly portrayed the relief and torture that the age of the cheap intercontinental phone call has brought. In Krasikov’s hands, even committing to love and be loved can be an act of emigration.”
— James Meek, author of The People’s Act of Love
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A 2009 PEN/Ernest Hemingway Foundation Award Finalist
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An Indie Next Notable Title, September 2008
One More Year Listener Reviews
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" A collection of stories relating the bleak stark, lives of immigrants from the former Soviet Union in Urban America. The dislocation between their current dreary lives and their aspirations is jarring. I read the French translation entitled "L'an prochain a Tbilissi" and the book may have lost something in translation, I found it difficult to get into the stories. These stories are often a sad portrait of those in search of a better life, finding things are so much more difficult in a country not your own, and there is a nostalgic longing for the home country, be it Russia or Georgia or another of the ex soviet states. "
— Jim, 2/13/2014 -
" A wonderful collection of short stories about immigrants from the former Soviet Union who are three-dimensional and live in two time zones. Krasikov is a wonderful writer who mines details that turn out to be gold nuggets. "
— Judy, 2/4/2014 -
" Chechovian in its detached detail, and deeply touching stories about the lives of Russian immigrants in the US that make one reflect upon human nature in general and suffer fro nostalgia if you happen to come from the former Soviet Union "
— Elena, 2/2/2014 -
" it was okay, some stories definitely better than others. I didn't like it nearly as much as Jhumpa Lahiri's short story collections, which I HIGHLY recommend! "
— Melanie, 1/22/2014 -
" Good debut batch of stories. "
— Peter, 1/18/2014 -
" The best of these stories were great, Maia in Yonkers in particular, but some stories were difficult to follow, whether due to my limitations as a reader or otherwise. "
— Kevin, 1/18/2014 -
" Great collection. "
— Amy, 1/17/2014 -
" Very good and engrossing. "
— Annette, 1/8/2014 -
" Tales of Russian immigrants full of pride, angst, anxiety and all the other emotions that know no cultural bounds. "
— Margie, 12/28/2013 -
" The best contemporary book I've read by an Iowa Workshop writer. The stories actually get richer and more haunting as the book progresses. "
— Ginger, 12/2/2013 -
" Very well-written short stories, mostly about Russian immigrants. I enjoyed the good character development and interesting plots covering everything from caregiving to friendships to marriages. "
— Marissa, 12/1/2013 -
" I read the first two stories, not bad but v. sad, both about lives of Georgian-Russian immigrants in the US. "
— Kat, 10/29/2013 -
" Fascinating, resonant; really gives a sense of what the lives of eastern european immigrants are like. "
— Becca, 3/1/2013 -
" Characters are from Russia or live in Russia. I enjoyed the first 2 stories the best. By the end, I couldn't wait to be done with the book because I was tired of the book. The stories seemed very similiar. "
— Eloise, 2/1/2013 -
" Krasikov's stories are unpretentiously masterful. "
— Katrinka, 10/16/2012 -
" Sana was a student of mine at Iowa a few years ago; I am dazzled by her writing. "
— Jennifer, 10/10/2012 -
" I loved Jhumpa Lahiri's short stories and I found Sana Krasikov's to be very similar, in every good way possible. I look forward to Krasikov's first novel. "
— Becky, 8/12/2012 -
" Interesting...seven different short stories, all a bit different yet weave together common themes. The writer has a beautiful use of language--some expressions and descriptions were laugh-out-loud hilarious. "
— Mountain, 7/13/2012 -
" Not bad a pretty good read "
— Stephanie, 6/7/2012 -
" 3/10, pretty dreary/blah. "
— Fuschia, 3/18/2011 -
" Short stories. Well crafted plotlines, but the author does not play enough with language so everything feels solid and safe and same. "
— Alla, 2/7/2011 -
" Great collection. esp, the story where you learn how this book gets its title. Sana, where's the novel? "
— Albert, 11/17/2010 -
" short stories and a little depressing. She has a different perspective for sure. "
— Allyson, 11/8/2010 -
" Sana was a student of mine at Iowa a few years ago; I am dazzled by her writing. "
— Jennifer, 9/29/2010 -
" Great collection. esp, the story where you learn how this book gets its title. Sana, where's the novel? "
— Albert, 7/11/2010 -
" Short stories. Well crafted plotlines, but the author does not play enough with language so everything feels solid and safe and same. "
— Alla, 3/4/2010 -
" Every year the New York Public Library nominates five new authors for its Young Lions award. I usually read all of the nominees and often find some great new authors as a result. This is one of last year's nominees, and I can't wait! "
— Liesl, 2/19/2010 -
" Not bad a pretty good read "
— Stephanie, 1/17/2010 -
" Depressing but also very simple & beautiful. Easy reading for glassy eyed commuting. Made me check out Jhumpa Lahiri (about 10 years late, alas). "
— Rebecca, 10/24/2009 -
" A wonderful collection of short stories about immigrants from the former Soviet Union who are three-dimensional and live in two time zones. Krasikov is a wonderful writer who mines details that turn out to be gold nuggets. "
— Judy, 6/15/2009 -
" Tales of Russian immigrants full of pride, angst, anxiety and all the other emotions that know no cultural bounds. "
— Margie, 5/26/2009 -
" short stories and a little depressing. She has a different perspective for sure. "
— Allyson, 4/28/2009 -
" The best contemporary book I've read by an Iowa Workshop writer. The stories actually get richer and more haunting as the book progresses. "
— Ginger, 3/15/2009 -
" I read the first two stories, not bad but v. sad, both about lives of Georgian-Russian immigrants in the US. "
— Kat, 3/4/2009 -
" I loved Jhumpa Lahiri's short stories and I found Sana Krasikov's to be very similar, in every good way possible. I look forward to Krasikov's first novel. "
— Becky, 1/22/2009
About Sana Krasikov
Sana Krasikov’s debut short story collection, One More Year, released in 2008, first drew critical raves for its exploration of the lives of Russian and Georgian immigrants who had settled in the United States. It was later named a finalist for the 2009 PEN/Hemingway Award and The New York Public Library’s Young Lions Fiction Award, received a National Book Foundation’s “5 under 35” Award, and won the 2009 Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature. In these stories, which appeared first in the New Yorker, Atlantic, and other magazines, one catches a glimpse of the new genuinely twenty-first century moment that followed the collapse of the Soviet Union. Krasikov was born in the Ukraine and grew up in the former Soviet Republic of Georgia and New York.
About Suzanne Toren
Suzanne Toren, award-winning narrator, has over thirty years of experience in narration. She was named a “Golden Voice” by AudioFile magazine in 2019. She has won the American Foundation for the Blind’s Scourby Award for Narrator of the Year, AudioFile magazine named her the 2009 Best Voice in Nonfiction & Culture, and she is the recipient of multiple Earphones Awards. She performs on and off Broadway and in regional theaters and has appeared on Law & Order and in various soap operas.