Unnecessary Things By Tatyana Tolstaya -- Review

The story "Unnecessary Things" by contemporary Russian writer Tatyana Tolstaya was translated and published in the magazine "The New Yorker". It doesn't have a straight forward plot. The story presents how human memories are connected with the things of the past.

The memory of each person is a huge source of vivid recollections which only ironically could be called "unnecessary things".



Here is the link to the text of the story:
https://www.newyorker.com/books/flash-fiction/unnecessary-things