Monkey’s Defense
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Monkey's Defense
by Nina Kossman

“Nina Kossman is a natural at all sub-genres of short prose: а diary entry, a mystical novella, an autobiographical note, a psychological sketch. She has good taste, a sober view of herself and others, and an innate gift for holding the reader’s attention.”
— Dmitry Bykov

“Monkey’s Defense” is a collection of short stories and parables by Nina Kossman, bilingual author of ten books of poetry and prose, compiler of the anthology “Gods and Mortals” (Oxford University Press), artist, playwright, and translator of Tsvetaeva’s poems into English.

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