"Pets" by Zhenya Berkovich is a prison fairy tale; everything told in it is the pure truth, but all the characters are fictitious and the coincidences are accidental. The action takes place in Tyurmyau, where cats, rats, dogs, cockroaches, a crow and, of course, people have to get along, but this is not a story about people. The main character, Volny Kotan, goes through a series of tests to understand that even in the darkest and most difficult circumstances there is always room for friendship, fortitude and mutual assistance.
Zhenya Berkovich is a director, writer, founder of the independent theater company "Daughters of SOSO", a student of Kirill Serebrennikov - one of the most prominent figures in contemporary theater in Russia. In July 2024, Berkovich was sentenced to six years in prison on a trumped-up charge of "justifying terrorism" in the play "Finist the Bright Falcon"
Author: Zhenya Berkovich
ISBN: 978-3-00-079914-3
Cover type: hardcover
Pages: 188
Publisher:Meduza