![]() ![]() The plot develops mainly out of the interactions between characters and their dialogue, and could be summarized as a mixture of relationships: that between Rosa and her daughter, Sulfia that between Sulfia and her oldest daughter, Aminat and that between Rosa and her granddaughter Aminat.Ī monument of political incorrectness, Rosa doesn’t beat around the bush, nor does she try to sweeten reality. This gives her novel an immediacy and a natural tone (for which translator Tim Mohr also deserves some credit) that keep the reader hooked as if one were listening to some very juicy gossip. Emblematic and singular at once, Rosa is a powerful, vivid character whose voice will stay with you long after you close the book.īronsky is extremely good at creating scenes and writing dialogue, and her descriptions are minimal. Rosa is a devious, selfish, cruel, yet by no means simplistic character the archetypal Soviet matriarch and a sum of the grotesqueness of the Communist female, she is both a monster and a human being who should be pitied. Rosa Achmetowna, the main character and narrator in The Hottest Dishes of the Tartar Cuisine, has a very different voice than Sascha Naimann, the protagonist in Bronsky’s first novel, Broken Glass Park. ![]() ![]() Alina Bronsky is from the latter category. ![]() Like actors, novelists are of two kinds: the Clint Eastwood type, who create an overarching persona, and the Robert de Niro or Meryl Streep type, who invent a new character for each role they play. ![]()
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