Elena Chizhova. Half-breed. Novel

Elena Chizhova is the author of five novels. Her most recent, "Time of Women," won the Russian Booker Prize, while "Lavra" and "Half-Breed" (known in the magazine version as "Criminal") were shortlisted for this prestigious award.

The novel's heroine, Masha Argo, is talented, ambitious, and loves history because she wants to find the answer to "the most important question: why?" The notorious fifth point prevents her from enrolling in the history department at Leningrad University: it's the mid-1970s.

A girl takes a risky step: she forges an application, gets accepted, and... begins a "guerrilla" war. One against all!!! But who is she now? A victim or an unpunished criminal?