The god of rain. KUCHERSKAY M.A.

Maya Kucheskaya - prose writer, philologist, author of the books “Modern Paterik. Reading for those who fell into despondency ”,“ Aunt Motya ”,“ You were completely different ”,“ Crying on the left teacher of drawing ”, as well as the biography“ Leskov. The nicknamed genius. " The creator of the Literary Mastery program at the Higher School of Economics and the writers' workshops Creative Writing School.

“In the“ The God of the Rain ”, the Kucheskaya masterfully constructs a situation in which the ancients as the world of the taboo again come to life, giving the reader a chance Test a long -forgotten feeling is the delight and horror of the beauty of the forbidden ”(Galina Yuzefovich).

The novel was included in the short list of the Yasnaya Polyana prize (2008) and was awarded the Student Boker (2007).