Irina Reyn crea narrazioni che approfondiscono le complessità delle dinamiche familiari e delle intersezioni culturali. Le sue opere esplorano temi di identità e appartenenza con profonda intuizione psicologica. La scrittura di Reyn è caratterizzata da dialoghi taglienti e da un abile intreccio di storie personali in contesti sociali più ampi. La sua prosa offre ai lettori un esame coinvolgente e stimolante sull'amore, la perdita e la ricerca di una casa.
Nadia's daily life in south Brooklyn is filled with small indignities: as a senior home attendant, she is always in danger of being fired; as a part-time nanny, she is forced to navigate the demands of her spoiled charge and the preschooler's insecure mother; and as a ethnic Russian, she finds herself feuding with western Ukrainian immigrants who think she is a traitor.
A Novel
Married unhappily to a prominent member of her tight-knit Russian immigrant community, vivacious Anna K. engages in a reckless affair with an outsider on whom she has pinned fleeting hopes for freedom, while in a neighboring community, Bukharian-Jewish pharmacist Lev harbors a consuming love for Anna's cousin. 75,000 first printing.