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“There are but two types of people: sheep and wolves.”
The year is 1993. A burned-out serviceman arrives in a Russian town, searching for stability from the turmoil of the nineties. After taking a job as a director of a youth detention colony, he finds meaning reforming the disenfranchised youth. But his will is tempted by the corruption around him that is fuelled by inexplicable hatred and the negligence of those around him. As winter sets in, Vasily Mikhailovich begins to see the riches awarded to those who abandon their moral codes, and becomes faced with an unconscionable choice: get with the programme or die.
Arthur Velker-Pankov was born in Omsk, Russia. Experiences of growing up in post-Soviet Russia before his emigration to Europe, at the age of nine, have provided inspiration for his work. He has reported for a number of Irish news titles and his literary work has appeared in Mulberry Literary, The Taborian and Blue Earth Review, among others. Going to Zossen is his first novel.
The year is 1993. A burned-out serviceman arrives in a Russian town, searching for stability from the turmoil of the nineties. After taking a job as a director of a youth detention colony, he finds meaning reforming the disenfranchised youth. But his will is tempted by the corruption around him that is fuelled by inexplicable hatred and the negligence of those around him. As winter sets in, Vasily Mikhailovich begins to see the riches awarded to those who abandon their moral codes, and becomes faced with an unconscionable choice: get with the programme or die.
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Arthur Velker-Pankov was born in Omsk, Russia. Experiences of growing up in post-Soviet Russia before his emigration to Europe, at the age of nine, have provided inspiration for his work. He has reported for a number of Irish news titles and his literary work has appeared in Mulberry Literary, The Taborian and Blue Earth Review, among others. Going to Zossen is his first novel.
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