The Russian immigrant Czech

In his novel "The Russian Migrant, Chek," the German writer Wolfgang Herndorf tends to rely on psychological diagnosis, dramatic representation, and inner dialogue when depicting characters, as this method is what allowed the main character in the novel, "Chek," or "the transferred student," to reveal himself. Chek is the Russian student who was transferred to a high school in Germany to continue his studies. He always comes to school in the same old shirt, does not participate in lessons, and only says "yes" or "no" or "I don't know" whenever called upon. He has not formed friendships with any other students. This state that Chek was in sparked rumors about him and his origins, raising all possibilities, including that he came from Chechnya, Serbia, Moscow, or other possibilities. It later turned out that his family was somewhat socially deviant, and he comes from a very wealthy family, but he suffers from neglect because his father is socially fallen... The novel was described as: "A novel that makes adult readers happy, and one can gift it to peers of the novel's heroes at any time" — "Zuid Deutsche Zeitung." It is a wonderful and sad adventure novel, talking about mysterious East Germany, and it has only one flaw, which is that reading it ends very quickly — "British Broadcasting Station." This novel will be read even after fifty years, and it is better to start reading it now, according to the "Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung."