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Crimea has been dominating the headlines lately, but four years ago, when Bezmozgis (Natasha and Other Stories; The Free World) began writing this novel, the region was part of a stable Ukraine. Any story set in contemporary Crimea will find its narrative warped by our understanding of the unrest there today, but then the main character's actions distort our knowledge of the modern world. A defamed Israeli polit...Log In or Sign Up to Read More