The Importance of Balance in a Novel

Ivan was a folklorist, but he kept not being allowed to do folklorism. He got refused jobs because of his clothes and so he hung out with the St Petersburg crew in Iowa. So like so far, so good? But then he took on a research assistant, a young woman and married her. And then there's a problem. She wanted to fuck all of the time. That's just classic comedy right there. I don't care who you are. The original take my wife, please guy is this fucking Russian nihilist. At first he tries to go without her and she's like, oh, I'm coming. And then he's like, okay,