Irina Reyn crée des récits qui explorent les complexités des dynamiques familiales et des intersections culturelles. Ses œuvres abordent les thèmes de l'identité et de l'appartenance avec une profonde perspicacité psychologique. L'écriture de Reyn se caractérise par des dialogues percutants et un entrelacement habile d'histoires personnelles dans des contextes sociétaux plus larges. Sa prose offre aux lecteurs un examen captivant et stimulant de l'amour, de la perte et de la quête d'un foyer.
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.