Рана by Oksana Vasyakina

Following her mother’s death from cancer, a young woman carries her ashes across Russia to the Siberian town of her childhood, turning the journey into an intimate examination of grief, memory, and care. Blending autofiction and essay, the narrative traces matrilineal trauma, poverty, and patriarchal violence while asserting a queer identity and an artistic voice. The result is a raw meditation on a wound that can be tended but never fully healed.

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