Aid drives for frontline troops and exhausted teachers: Inside a Russian school during wartime. Read an excerpt from Sergey Lebedenko’s new novel.
Meduza’s publishing house has released Kiru vsyo zaebalo (“Kira Has Fucking Had It”), a novel by journalist, writer, and book blogger Sergei Lebedenko — author of the Telegram channel Knigizhar (Book Grill) — about a history teacher from a small Russian town who believes in patriotic ideals, collects care packages for the front, and loves her job, but again and again runs up against a world where…
In the novel "Kira Has Fucking Had It" by Sergei Lebedenko, a history teacher named Kira from a small Russian town passionately believes in patriotic ideals. She collects humanitarian aid packages for frontline troops and is often overwhelmed by the reality of war, which she experiences through terrifying hallucinations. Despite the exhaustion and emotional strain, Kira remains dedicated to her job.
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