Thirst
By: Andrei Gelasimov ; translated by Marian Schwartz
Contributors: Schwartz, Marian
Publisher: AmazonCrossing
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Las Vegas, NV
Language: eng
Number of pages: 116
ISBN-13: 9781611090697
Copyright date: 2003
Subjects: Veterans; Disfigured persons; Fiction
Work titles: Zhazhda
Description: Kostoya returns from the Chechen War with a face so maimed it looks like a piece of meat. He confines himself to his lonely apartment, with no company save the vodka in his refrigerator. The woman next door checks on him regularly to see that he's still alive, and when she discovers the power his disfigured face has over her misbehaving son, she takes to using Kostoya as a disciplinary influence.
Notes: Originally published in Russian: Moscow : Ėksmo, 2003, with title:  Zhazhda.