Literature, Science and Global Russians. Interview with Olga Breininger

... authors whose voices reflect and represent the generation of 30-somethings and who talk about issues that were not raised in literature before. As part of that series, my novel raises issues that my generation is interested in, with our unique historical ... ... yearning for a sense of belonging. In the case of your heroine, it would seem that this sense of belonging refers not so much to Kazakhstani identity as it does to Soviet identity? I would say that it is very abstract, as her understanding of what that world ...