Literary star Guzel Yakhina shocked by emotional ‘cabin fever’ response to dramatisation
The Russian novelist Guzel Yakhina had learned to live with the persistent buzz of controversy surrounding her bestselling debut novel, Zuleikha Opens Her Eyes.
Her coming-of-age story of a young woman deported to Siberia during the Stalin-era purges of wealthier peasants, or kulaks, had been picked over for its portrayals of Soviet repressions and national identity in the largely Muslim region of Tatarstan ever since it was published in 2015.
It's an atmosphere of vital fear for one's life. It's life under self-isolation and all our feelings are more intense
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