Presentation (book)

Presentation

Author	Andrei Gusev
Original title	Презентация
Country	Russia
Language	Russian
Genre	stories, fantasy
Publisher	“ГКС России” (Russia)
Publication date	1993
Pages	128 pp
Preceded by	Ticket to America
Followed by	Mister Novelist

Presentation (Russian: Презентация) is a book by Russian writer Andrei Gusev, published in 1993.

Plot summary

The book includes eleven short stories. The reader's attention will be attracted by mystical and dramatic stories, lyrical scenes and eroticism.^[1][2][3] The book is named after one of the included short stories, "Presentation".^[4]

Literary features

Many characters from Andrei Gusev's stories have access to reflection, humor and a flight of fancy. His character is most often an intellectual who has found his place in life. But in relationships with others, he is not understood, and he does not want to live "wide open".^[3] His characters sometimes mentally transform into an astral body. But which of us hasn't had something like this? Who, at least in dreams, doesn’t go to the "zero zone"?^[5]

The use of colloquial language adds an extra dimension to Andrei Gusev's writing, giving it a unique honesty.

References

1. НА ПОРОГЕ ХХI ВЕКА, Всероссийский ежегодник: А.Е.Гусев – биография, М., «Московский Парнас», 2002 (с.92) ISBN 5-7330-052-20
2. Всероссийский ежегодник НА ПОРОГЕ ХХI ВЕКА: А.Е.Гусев – биография, М., «Московский Парнас», 2006 (с.85) ISBN 5-7330-05-40-2
3. Роза Горн «И автобиография, и вымысел», «Литературные новости», № 51– 52, 1993 г.
4. «Презентация» — a short story by Andrei Gusev (on Proza.ru)
5. Марина Рубанцева «Билет для сочинителя», «Новая ежедневная газета», 6 октября 1994 г.

Notes

• Andrei Gusev (1993). Презентация (Presentation). Moscow: “ГКС России” (Russia). p. 128.
• И.С.Горюнова "Современная русская литература: знаковые имена (статьи, рецензии, интервью)", "Litres", 2015. – 278 c. (М., "Вест-Консалтинг", 2012) ISBN 5457199517, ISBN 9785457199514