9 Rabbits (9 зайци)

I have never read a book which describes a main character so different from myself and yet so similar. Quoted as an acute example of écriture feminine the author Virginia Zaharieva wrote a book well-equipped with all things “womanly” the way she lives and “survives” them. The novel “9 Rabbits” is a bricolage of poem fragments, story-telling, graphics, dreams, recollection and recipes. Cooking here has the same fundamental elements as it does in the writing of one Isabel Allende. The novel, if I have to specify a genre, is divided into two parts, which are told from the perspective of a 6-year-old Manda and 46-year-old Manda respectively.

The first part that by and large tells the story of the child Manda focuses on very vivid experiences connected to physical pain. All the naughtiness the heroine exhibits is severely punished by her grandmother, Nikula. Once again the figure of the foremother is strong and looming as in many other examples of female writing. Manda’s childhood is colorful and reflects the grown-up Manda’s idea of womanhood.

The second part of the book is Manda’s attempt to “relive” her childhood once again and that is why she writes about it. In this sense, the second part of the book “creates” the first and is being created because of the first part. Childhood and adulthood are inseparable and interconnected. For me, personally, the second part of the book is more powerful and psychological. Manda talks about her struggles with writing, with being an author, poet, mother, lover, woman, daughter. She reveals many insecurities and a lot of anger. The first-person narrative gives the text a flavor of confiding.

A great book!

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