Dina Rubina. Mirrors and Secret Recesses of Fate. How the Strange World of a Novel is Created

A novel isn't born overnight. First, it's a rustle, a reflection, a chance detail, an overheard phrase. Then a mirror suddenly opens, revealing a hidden destiny.

On her April tour, Dina Rubina will bring the first two parts of her extensive new trilogy, "Designer Zhorik," and lift the curtain on the creation of her strange, multilayered world. How a plot grows from a mundane sketch. How personal memory becomes literature. And why it took a veritable expedition to the Netherlands to write the third part of the novel.

This will be a meeting with her readers, a lively conversation, Q&As, and a book signing.

And, of course, Dina Rubina's signature style: precise observations, irony, laughter, and that very intonation in which stand-up comedy seamlessly intertwines with great literature.