Victoria Tokareva | Granta Magazine

Victoria Tokareva

Victoria Tokareva lives in Moscow. She is prolific author of fiction and screenplays. A collection of stories of her short stories, The Talisman and Other Stories has been translated into English by Rosamund Bartlett.

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Fiction | Issue 39 padlock
Fiction | Issue 39 padlock

Happy Ending

Victoria Tokareva

‘I died at daybreak, between four and five.’

Fiction | Issue 39 padlock
Fiction | Issue 39 padlock

Dry Run

Victoria Tokareva

‘My address book is overpopulated, like a communal apartment during the post-war housing shortage.’

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Fiction | Issue 39 padlock

Centre of Gravity

Victoria Tokareva

‘For reasons I don’t want to go into, I decided to commit suicide.’

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