Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vi
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Preface viii
5. Dina Rubina: The Steps to the Metaphysical Window 1
6. Nekod Singer’s Novels: Between Eclectism and Bilingualism 131
7. A Noble Man of Our Times: The Jerusalem Novels of Elizaveta Mikhailichenko and Yury Nesis 167
8. Mikhail Yudson’s Lestnitsa Na Shkaf (The Ladder to the Cabinet): The New Language of Metaphysics 239
9. Afterword 271
10. Works Cited 274
11. Index 292