▁New ▁York er ▁described ▁it ▁as ▁an ▁“ an arch ic , ▁experimental ▁debut ”, ▁according ▁to ▁The ▁Guardian , ▁it ▁is ▁“ both ▁earth y ▁and ▁intellectual ”, ▁Le ▁Cour rier ▁( G ene ve ) ▁calls ▁it ▁“ a ▁machine ▁for ▁stories .” ▁ ▁And ▁Other ▁St ories ▁( 2 0 0 1 ), ▁collection ▁of ▁short ▁stories , ▁came ▁out ▁in ▁German , ▁French , ▁English , ▁Italian ▁and ▁was ▁long list ed ▁for ▁Frank ▁O ' Con nor ▁Award . ▁This ▁is ▁the ▁book ▁that ▁contains ▁the ▁story ▁" Bl ind ▁V ay sha ", ▁on ▁which ▁is ▁based ▁the ▁short ▁animation ▁film ▁of ▁the ▁same ▁name ▁( dir . ▁The odore ▁Us he v , ▁N FB ▁and ▁AR TE ), ▁an ▁OS C AR ▁nom ine e ▁for ▁ 2 0 1 7 . ▁ ▁G ospod in ov ▁has ▁written ▁also ▁two ▁plays , ▁screen plays ▁for ▁short ▁feature ▁films , ▁among ▁which ▁is ▁O me lette ▁ ▁( 4 . 4 4 ’ ; ▁Honor able ▁M ention ▁at ▁the ▁Sund ance ▁Film ▁Festival ▁ 2 0 0 9 ) ▁He ▁is ▁co - author ▁of ▁an ▁art ▁graph ic ▁novel , ▁The ▁E ternal ▁Fly ▁( 2 0 1 0 , ▁with ▁the ▁artist ▁N . ▁Tor oman ov ). ▁ ▁His ▁second ▁novel , ▁The ▁Physics ▁of ▁Sor row ▁( 2 0 1 2 ), ▁won ▁three ▁national ▁awards ▁for ▁best ▁fiction ▁ 2 0 1 2 - 2 0 1 3 ,