Foggy alleys

Alexey Slapovsky - prose writer, playwright, screenwriter; The finalist of the "Big Book" and "Russian Boker", the winner of the "reader prize"; The author of the novels “Unknown”, “Phoenix syndrome”, “I am not me”, “Day of money”, “winner” and many others. Slapovsky is one of the most unpredictable modern writers.

“Foggy Alleys” - a cycle of stories written based on the “Dark Alleys” of Bunin. This is a game, an experiment, and even a little research. From the century before last, much has changed, but have the people themselves, their feelings and relationships become others?

“I was always attracted and annoyed by the“ dark alleys ”of Bunin. And they annoyed many. And archaic to the awkwardness of eroticism. And the book of conversational language. And the attitude towards a woman as an object, even worship.

And once I thought: after all, I know everything that Bunin said. Such or similar stories happened to me, with my friends and acquaintances. I wanted to understand what changed, how these stories live now. Compare two times. To catch changes in people, in the language, in what we call love, understanding each of our own. ”

Alexey Slapovsky