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There Once Lived a Mother Who Loved Her Children, Until They Moved Back In
There Once Lived a Mother Who Loved Her Children, Until They Moved Back In: Three Novellas About Family | Ludmilla Petrushevskaya
The masterly novellas that established Ludmilla Petrushevskaya as one of the greatest living Russian writersincluding a new translation of the modern classic The Time Is Night Love them, theyll torture you; dont love them, theyll leave you anyway. After her work was suppressed for many years, Ludmilla Petrushevskaya won wide recognition for capturing the experiences of everyday Russians with profound pathos and mordant wit. Among her most famous and controversial works, these three novellasThe Time Is Night, Chocolates with Liqueur (inspired by Edgar Allan Poes The Cask of Amontillado), and Among Friendsare modern classics that breathe new life into Tolstoys famous dictum, All happy families are alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way. Together they confirm the genius of an author with a gift for turning adversity into art.
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HeathHof
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Reading for #witmonth. About halfway through and it's a pretty bumpy ride! 😬😬😬
#womenintranslation

Texreader That title!!🤣 5y
Karkar @Texreader that is exactly what I was thinking!! 5y
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HeathHof
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@Kaila-ann Thank you so much! It was so much fun opening your #mysterymessageswap package! I can't wait to read both books and you did an awesome job selecting such cool goodies!!! I love it all 😍 Also Thank you to @TheReadingMermaid for hosting 💗

Kaila-ann I‘m so glad you liked it. It was a lot of fun finding things. Hopefully you enjoy the books as well!! 5y
HeathHof @Kaila-ann I'm sure I will! I'm really excited about the tagged book and the second has been on my TBR for awhile now so def. Looking forward to that one too! I'm totally wearing this bracelet to work tomorrow. It's so cool. Thanks again! 5y
Kaila-ann You‘re welcome 😊! 5y
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Having never read work from or set in Russia, I found these novellas quite interesting, albeit disturbing. I can‘t say that I enjoyed them – they aren‘t the type of story you are supposed to like – but I appreciate them for what they are: a brutally honest look at everyday life in Communist Russia. I found the writing style a bit difficult to follow, hence the So-So. That said, I‘d be interested in reading more from Petrushevskay #NewYearWhoDis

Lcsmcat That title! 😂 6y
candority @Lcsmcat I love it! Her other titles are brilliant as well. 6y
Freespirit It's intriguing..especially as a mother of young adults😄 6y
candority @Freespirit Ohhh, hopefully you don‘t feel that way someday if they decide to move back in! 😧 6y
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Three dark and witty novellas of everyday Russian life. 🖤

TheWordJar Ludmilla! 🖤 6y
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LauraJ
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After an evening spent studying bioterrorism, I‘m moving on to some cheery Russian short stories 😸
Also noticed there are zero reviews for this book. Perhaps a Petrushevskaya #buddyread needs to happen. Anyone?

Eyelit Sounds like a good idea! 6y
zsuzsanna_reads Me for the buddy read! I love her short stories and I was just thinking I wanted to read more of them. So far I've only read 6y
RadicalReader @LauraJ absolutely love the card 6y
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Part one of my Black Friday #bookhaul from #bookoutlet arrived today. There was no concealing the box. Was so happy to score these middle-grade graphic memoirs and more Edith Wharton. Also have been dying to read all of Petrushevskaya‘s works so was happy with her memoir and book of novellas. #russia

alanacristin I'm reading Real Friends today! It's great!! 7y
EvieBee @alanacristin I adored it when I read it!! It rang so true. It‘s only $3 at bookoutlet.com in case you need to add it to your library. 😉 7y
alanacristin Very tempting!! It's a great book 😍 7y
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TheWordJar I didn‘t know Petrushevskaya had a memoir! I really enjoyed There Once Lived a Woman Who Tried to Kill Her Neighbor‘s Baby. There Once Lived a Mother... has been on my TBR for awhile too! (edited) 7y
EvieBee @TheWordJar Yes! It‘s called...I‘m so glad you enjoyed her stories! I can‘t wait to read them. 7y
TheWordJar Put it on the stack! 😄 7y
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