Am I Not in My Own Home?

Abstract

It was long ago and aptly observed that it sometimes takes just a single solitary fact to make the connection between events evident. I have been following the career of Chingiz Aitmatov almost from the outset, writing about his new works almost as soon as they come out. However, A Spotted Dog Running along the Sea Shore [Pegii pes, begushchii kraem moria] had to appear so that what I want to talk about here became clear to me.