NOTHING BUT THE HEART

Grisha Prorokov

A debut autofiction novel about asexuality, aromanticism, Christianity, and one summer in Tbilisi. The narrator moves from Russia to Georgia and falls in love through correspondence with someone living in Moscow, but soon begins to ask himself questions: What is love? What does it mean to fall in love? What does he really want from people? Documenting his first summer in exile: walks around the city, hanging out in bars with friends, trips to the mountains — Grisha Prorokov explores his own experience of asexuality and aromanticism, drawing on the history and culture of Christianity: the letters of the Apostle Paul, the tapestries “Lady with a Unicorn” and the image of Mary Magdalene.

Папье-маше, 2024. – 144 с.

ISBN 978-9939-1-1832-1

Autor

Гриша Пророков

Grisha Prorokov

Finalist on the shortlist for the Dar 2026 Prize. Writer, poet, and musician.

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