Good Citizens Need Not Fear Summary
Maria Reva

Good Citizens Need Not Fear Overview

Good Citizens Need Not Fear is a book of interconnected fiction stories by Maria Reva. The stories are set in late- and post-Soviet Ukraine. Most of the book’s central characters appear in multiple stories. The central characters include an engineer, a poet, a KGB agent, an orphan, bootleg record makers, and others. The stories track the characters’ lives as they struggle amidst the many hardships of this setting and time period. The book explores themes of scarcity, deceit, society, pain, and interpersonal connection.