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Laddar... The Red Passport: Storiesav Katherine Shonk
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Gå med i LibraryThing för att få reda på om du skulle tycka om den här boken. Det finns inga diskussioner på LibraryThing om den här boken. These stories are set in 1990's Russia when the culture is beset by Westernization. The author treats her characters (American and Russian) with compassion even as she looks hard at their faults and idiosyncrasies. Some of the stories are poignant, but there's a strain of humor throughout. Her writing is so original and insightful; certain phrases took my breath away, they were so perfect. I loved this book. I believe Ms. Shonk wrote the forward to the new translation of Solzhenitsyn's "One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich," underscoring her insight into Russian culture in transition. ( ) inga recensioner | lägg till en recension
A Chicago Tribune Best Book of the Year Unpredictable, poignant, and often comic, the eight moving stories that make up The Red Passport investigate the impossible hopes and tragic setbacks of natives and foreigners alike in post-Soviet Russia. From My Mother's Garden, the parable of an old woman who refuses to accept the consequences of the Chernobyl disaster, to The Young People of Moscow, which describes an extraordinary day in the life of an aging couple selling antiquated Soviet poetry in an underground bazaar, these intricately woven narratives provide unforgettable slices of a Russia that is at once both exotic and disconcertingly familiar. Inga biblioteksbeskrivningar kunde hittas. |
FörfattarchattKatherine Shonk chattade med LibraryThing-medlemmar från May 10, 2010 till May 23, 2010. Läs chatten. Pågående diskussionerIngen/inga
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