The god of rain

Maya Kuchskaya - prose writer, philologist, author of the books “Modern Paterik. Reading for those who fell into despondency ”,“ Aunt Motya ”,“ You were completely different ”,“ Crying on the left teacher of drawing ”, as well as the biography“ Leskov. The nicknamed genius. The creator of the Literary Mastery program at the Higher School of Economics and the writers "workshops Creative Writing School.

“In the" god of the rain” Kucheskaya masterfully constructs a situation in which the ancient ones as the world of the taboo are again coming to the reader, giving the reader The chance to experience a long -forgotten feeling is the delight and horror of the beauty of the forbidden ”(Galina Yuzefovich)
The novel was included in the short list of the Yasnaya Polyana award (2008) and was awarded the Student Buker (2007)