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Chargement... The Red Passport: Storiespar Katherine Shonk
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. 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. ( ) aucune critique | ajouter une critique
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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. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
Discussion avec l'auteurKatherine Shonk a discuté avec les utilisateurs de LibraryThing du May 10, 2010 au May 23, 2010. Lire la discussion. Discussion en coursAucun
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