This book is Ulitskaya's latest collection of short stories, comprising two parts and eleven stories in total. The main theme of the first part, "Girls," is love. Love—perhaps the only means to erase the boundaries between people. The protagonists recover a missing part of their souls and gain the strength necessary for life. In them, love manifests in different forms: lust, maternal love, love for the deceased, unexpected love, adoration, loyalty, compassion, and romantic love. The second part, "The Soul in the Body," explores the deepest boundaries—the boundaries of life, or more precisely, the boundaries of our physical bodies and physical existence. Is there a boundary between life and death? Is death the limit of life? What else exists besides our material existence? The protagonists are trapped in the key to their lives...
本书是乌利茨卡娅的最新短篇小说集,包含上下两辑,共十一篇小说。上辑《女友们》的主要线索是爱。爱——也许是唯一能够抹去人与人之间界限的手段。故事的主人公恢复了他们灵魂中缺失的一部分,并获得了生活所必需的力量,在他们身上,爱以不同的形式显现出来:肉欲、母爱、已故的爱、意想不到的爱、崇拜、效忠、同情、爱情等。下辑《灵魂的肉身》探寻着最深邃的边界——生命的边界,或者更确切地说,是我们的肉体、物理存在的边界。生死之间有一条界限吗;死亡是生命的极限吗;除了我们的物质存在之外,还有什么呢,小说主角被困在他们生命中的关键
本书是乌利茨卡娅的最新短篇小说集,包含上下两辑,共十一篇小说。上辑《女友们》的主要线索是爱。爱——也许是唯一能够抹去人与人之间界限的手段。故事的主人公恢复了他们灵魂中缺失的一部分,并获得了生活所必需的力量,在他们身上,爱以不同的形式显现出来:肉欲、母爱、已故的爱、意想不到的爱、崇拜、效忠、同情、爱情等。下辑《灵魂的肉身》探寻着最深邃的边界——生命的边界,或者更确切地说,是我们的肉体、物理存在的边界。生死之间有一条界限吗;死亡是生命的极限吗;除了我们的物质存在之外,还有什么呢,小说主角被困在他们生命中的关键