'Harassment' is Kira Yarmysh's second novel. Her first, 'Incredible Incidents in Women's Cell No. 3,' chronicled ten days in a special detention center and captured readers' attention with its topical relevance. Her second novel is no less relevant. It examines workplace harassment as a complex issue, addressing every ambiguous aspect of such stories.

A young woman gradually finds herself drawn into a relationship with her boss, one she seemingly didn't want. On the other hand, she liked him. Was she against it? No, she even flirted with him; she liked him both as a conversationalist and as a man. And yet, it seemed to happen against her will. And there was something ugly, wrong, about how this relationship began. But what?

When and how does harassment occur? How can you tell when someone has crossed the line and gone beyond the pale? Is everything so clear-cut in the 'rapist-victim' relationship?

Kira Yarmysh tells the story of one girl and shows how we are influenced by relationships with parents, the atmosphere at work, the closeness of friends. And how all this can be destroyed in an instant by a single decision...

Abstract

'Harassment' is a novel whose title speaks for itself. Kira Yarmysh examines this phenomenon from different angles: in the story, there is no clear-cut tormentor and unconditional victim. Everything happens by chance, as in ordinary life – there is no line that people cross. It's just that at a certain moment, it turns out there is no turning back. Did Inga suspect that by patting her boss on the shoulder at the corporate party, she would set in motion an irreversible process? Did she know that violence from another is not the worst thing that can happen to a person?

This novel shows how ambiguous relationships are, how the rapist and the victim reflect each other and sometimes switch places. What is harassment and when does it begin? And what is a person willing to do to break out of the vicious circle?...

Authors: Kira Yarmysh