Premise: The Time: Night (Russian: Время ночь ) is a novella by Russian author Lyudmila Petrushevskaya. It was originally published in Russian in the literary journal "Novy Mir" in 1992 and translated into English by Sally Laird in 1994. In 1992 it was shortlisted for the Russian Booker Prize.
Hypothesis: It was two years after being released that The Time: Night was translated into English.