“Idzhim” is a new book of stories by Roman Senchin, a finalist for the Booker Prize 2009, a brilliant stylist, well known to readers of the literary magazines “New World”, “Znamya”, “Friendship of Peoples”, “October” and others. Senchin has an amazing and rare gift of storytelling in these days. The intonation in which he speaks to the reader about simple, unremarkable things and events captivates with sincerity and ingenuity. It’s as if Senchin lives and writes not in the era of pathos and glamor, but creates somewhere next to Chekhov, and his every word and every glance is aimed directly at the essence of things. Written in the best traditions of Russian short story, this book will become your companion and advisor . A comforter in sorrow and a friend on the road. Wherever your path leads, she will make it straighter and easier.