Off the Beaten Tracks: Stories by Russian Hitchhikers Tapa blanda - 2012

All the three authors are winners of the prestigious Debut Prize for young writers.
IGOR SAVELYEV was born in 1983 in Ufa (Bashkiria). He holds a degree inPhilology from Ufa University and is now at work on his Ph.D. A short novel
based on his experiences hitchhiking was a finalist for both the Debut andBelkin prizes in 2004. Critics have noted his masterful, finely chiseled
style based on brilliant counterpoints like a virtuoso music piece. Hererealism is bordering on phantasmagoria, a striking sample of new-generation
psychological prose. IRINA BOGATYREVA, born in 1982 on the Volga, is widely published in the leading literary magazines and won several important literary prizes, including the prestigious Debut Prize for her novel AUTO-STOP which came out from the biggest publishing house in Russia. She has several other books to her credit and enjoys both readers and critics acclaim.
Tatiana Mazepina is the latest winner of the Debut Prize for her travelogue about her Eastern travels. She is a member of the "Society of Free Travellers." She works as a journalist writing on religious matters."