Crossing the Border

by Ksenia Rychtycka

Overview

Ksenia Rychtycka's debut collection Crossing the Border illuminates moments of tragedy and triumph, personal discovery and disillusionment, spotlighting characters who, in one form or another, learn to move forward with their lives. Stymied by the lack of progress and change in post-communist Ukraine, Valeriy the artist finds he is unable to paint. Anna is a lonely woman who attends strangers' weddings to offer a curious gift. The arrival of a wayward parakeet during the 2004 Orange Revolution forces an elderly woman into action. These nine stories-set in Ukraine, the United States and Greece-highlight universal conflicts and dilemmas, along with the uncertainties and complexities of change, and introduce a strong new voice in storytelling.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940015839302
Publisher:	Jan-Carol Publishing, INC. (Little Creek Books)
Publication date:	10/15/2012
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	132
File size:	162 KB

About the Author

Ksenia Rychtycka was born in Chicago and raised in Hamtramck, Michigan, where she spent large amounts of time riding her bicycle through the Ukrainian- and Polish-speaking neighborhoods. Years later she backpacked through twelve countries in Europe and worked as an editor in Ukraine during the early years of the post-Soviet era. Her experiences in Ukraine inspired her story collection Crossing The Border. Her short stories and poems have appeared in The Dalhousie Review, The Literary Bohemian, Wisconsin Review, Alaska Quarterly Review, Yellow Medicine Review, The MacGuffin, Twenty Years After The Fall (Parlor City Press), and elsewhere.

Ksenia lives in the Detroit area with her husband and daughter. She has an MA in Creative Writing from Columbia College Chicago. More information about her work can be found at kseniarychtycka.com.

Editorial Reviews

“Beautifully written and fully imagined, Ksenia Rychtycka’s stories are rich with color and setting. Though many of her characters are prisoners—of history, politics, inertia or fear—there is an undercurrent of hope and even
salvation, which arrives in deftly quiet and compelling ways: a scrawny bird, a recipe contest, the toll of a distant bell. Rychtycka is a writer of astonishing compassion and honesty, a writer to be cherished and watched.”

Dorene O'Brien