Tatyana Tolstaya
Tatyana Tolstaya
Tatyana Nikitichna Tolstayais a Russian writer, TV host, publicist, novelist, and essayist from the Tolstoy family...
NationalityRussian
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth3 May 1951
CountryRussian Federation
running real lying
You read, move your lips, figure out the words, and it's like you're in two places at the same time: you're sitting or lying with your legs curled up, your hand groping in the bowl, but you can see different worlds, far-off worlds that maybe never existed but still seem real. You run or sail or race in a sleigh--you're running away from someone, or you yourself have decided to attack--your heart thumps, life flies by, and it's wondrous: you can live as many different lives as there are books to read.
adversity pressure censorship
If you have to be careful because of oppression and censorship, this pressure produces diamonds.
attitude smart thinking
I don't think people are fools, and I think they deserve a good attitude and smart entertainment.
russia patterns young
If there is a pattern, it will come back - maybe in Russia more than anywhere else, because it has collapsed so many times. Maybe less so here in the States, because here the society is so young.
writing goal perspective
Politics disappears; it vanishes. What remains constant is human life. So I try to develop a perspective in my writing where politics is just one of the pieces of furniture in this furnished world. It is not the purpose. It is not the goal.
russia subjects
I am interested in the subject which is Russia.
yesterday nostalgia best-times
For us, the best time is always yesterday.
russia people suffering
In Russia, people suffer from the stillness of time.