5/26/2023 0 Comments The Slynx by Tatyana Tolstaya![]() ![]() Her father was a physics professor who taught her two languages, and her maternal grandfather was a well-known translator. Still, Tolstaya's background is undeniably one of culture and education. As the great-grandniece of the Russian author Leo Tolstoy and the granddaughter of Alexei Tolstoy, Tolstaya comes from a distinguished literary family but, according to Marta Mestrovic's interview in Publishers Weekly with the author, she hates ‘‘being discussed as a relative of someone.’’ The dystopian book takes place in the future, 200 years after a disaster. ![]() Tatyana Tolstaya (Татьяна Толстая) was born in Leningrad, U.S.S.R. Known for her short stories and nonfiction, Tolstaya’s 2002 debut novel, The Slynx, was just reissued in paperback. As the great-grandniece of the Russian author Leo Tolstoy and the granddaughter of Alexei Tolstoy, Tolstaya comes from a distinguished literary family but, according to Marta Mestrovic's interview in Publishers Weekly with the author, she hates ‘‘being discussed as a relative of someone.’’ Still, Tolstaya's background is undeniably one of culture and education. ![]()
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