Anna Starobinets' short story collection "The Awkward Age" was heralded by critics as the advent of a Russian Stephen King The story that gives the book its title, the longest and probably the best in the lot, owes much to the classics of science fiction and horror. Its main plot device -- the diary of a boy from age 6 to adolescence, riddled with mistakes at first and becoming more articulate (and sinister) as the hero grows up.
Anna Starobinets is a young Russian journalist whose first book “Awkward age” was nominated for the National Bestseller prestigious Russian prize as a manuscript – even before it was published.
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