Thin Silver Thread
Thin Silver Thread (ru. "Тонкая серебристая нить") is a 2015 collection of 33 stories by Polina Zherebtsova. It portrays the lives of civilians in Grozny during the Chechen wars. The collection was created between 2005 and 2015. These stories familiarize the reader with life during the wars and are an artistic reflection of what Zherebtsova saw and experienced in the Chechen Republic. The Sakharov Centre in Moscow hosted the book launch on November 13th 2015. According to Fontanka.ru, the book was included in the "Top 10 Books of Autumn 2015". Style and genre Documentary evidence is the basis in these. Critics stated that it achieves the goal of educating the next generation. The stories incorporate mysticism, unexplained phenomena and dream-travel. Each story continues the previous one. The stories are woven into a single continuous text. The heroes wander from one story to another, just like their real life counterparts. The author stated that she did not change the names of those killed, in order to preserve their memory. Reviews There is a change in the style of the text. Instead of existential testimony – smooth language, like from a sample of the Soviet children's prose. No one before Polina Zherebtsova