Leon Kaminsky

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Leon Kaminsky is a writer and translator living in London. He was born in 1981 in Leningrad, USSR, studied applied linguistics and translation in Saarbrücken, Germany, and then buggered off to the UK because he felt like it. He has published numerous fiction and non-fiction books under different names, but decided he needed a fresh start, and this is precisely what his debut novel, "Raw Sexuality, or A Year of Indiscretion" is. ...more

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Making Connections: 5420. - RAW SEXUALITY, OR A YEAR OF INDISCRETION by Leon Kaminsky 1 11 Dec 22, 2018 09:53AM  
Фридрих Горенштейн
“Знаете, однажды я вскочил внезапно среди ночи, разом проснувшись, и мне показалось, что-то происходит в мире... Мир совершенно изменился... Либо началась атомная война, либо я умираю... Оказалось, что я просто отлежал себе руку... Торопливо растёр, и всё кончилось благополучно.”
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