Cosima Aslangul’s Reviews > The Complete Short Novels > Status Update

The Steppe. An effortless reminder of what fine fiction should look like, sound like, feel like. Chekhovs observations of people are uniquely brilliant, specific and striking - told with so much humour and respect for the human condition. Through Egor, I relived those intense expansive emotions, like fear and dread, so reminiscent of childhood, upon the backdrop of Russia’s vast landscape. Facing the unknown…