Diary of the End of the World
Essay by Natalya Klucharyova
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Essay by Natalya Klucharyova
ORIGINAL TITLE: Дневник конца света
ORIGINAL PUBLISHER: Suhrkamp, 2023
160 PAGES
RIGHTS SOLD: German (Suhrkamp), Italian (Stilo Editrice), Portuguese for Brazil (Kinoruss), Russian (Ivan Limbakh)
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“A girl in my oldest daughter’s class said, “Raise your hand if you’re for the war.” Everyone raised their hand, but my daughter said, “I don’t know, my mom doesn’t tell me anything about it.” Despite the fact that we talk about it every evening. The fact that the girl’s mother works for the police gave added piquancy to the situation. Such a sweet lady, with a tattoo on her arm - something in Spanish about happiness. Whenever I get ready to go to a protest I imagine her searching me with her beautiful white hands while I, out of habit, try to make out what her tattoo says about happiness, like at parent-teacher meetings, but the second half of the phrase is hidden under her sleeve.”