Little Jinx (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Andrei Sinyavsky
- First Published: 1980
- Type of Work: Novel
- Time of Work: The 1920’s to the 1960’s
- Setting: Russia
- Principal Characters: “Little Jinx” Sinyavsky, Dora Aleksandrovna, Mother Likhosherst, Nikolai Likhosherst, Pavel Likhosherst, Colonel Vasily Likhosherst, Dr. Yakov Likhosherst, Vladimir “Volodya” Likhosherst, Dora, Father Sinyavsky
- Genres: Long fiction, Satire
- Subjects: Twentieth century, Guilt, Despair, Hope, Nightmares, Novelists, Morality or morals, Russia or Russian people, Dwarfs, Luck or misfortune
- Locales: Russia
Abram Tertz’s short novel Little Jinx is a touching tale of a rejected little misfit, the first-person narrator “Little Jinx” Sinyavsky, whom everybody, including himself, blames for the terrible fate of his five stepbrothers. Turning away from his human tormentors, Little Jinx grows fond of dogs, but even with canines, his luck is sour: a stray bitch quite literally bites the hand that feeds her a piece of sugar. It is only in his imagination that Little Jinx finds some respite. In his daydreams and his writings, Sinyavsky experiences a reunion with Dora, the pediatrician...
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