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Notes From the Blockade
Notes From the Blockade | Lydia Ginzburg
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The 900-day siege of Leningrad (1941-44) was one of the turning points of the Second World War. It slowed down the German advance into Russia and became a national symbol of survival and resistance. An estimated one million civilians died, most of them from cold and starvation. Lydia Ginzburg, a respected literary scholar (who meanwhile wrote prose 'for the desk drawer' through seven decades of Soviet rule), survived. Using her own using notes and sketches she wrote during the siege, along with conversations and impressions collected over the years, she distilled the collective experience of life under siege. Through painful depiction of the harrowing conditions of that period, Ginzburg created a paean to the dignity, vitality and resilience of the human spirit. This original translation by Alan Myers has been revised and annotated by Emily van Buskirk. This edition includes A Story of Pity and Cruelty, a recently discovered documentary narrative translated into English for the first time by Angela Livingstone.
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An intellectual in Leningrad struggles to survive during the German siege of his city from 1941 to 1944. He tries to keep sane by taking notes. Gradually, however, hunger takes over everything else. The fear of bombs, the cold, human dignity, it‘s nothing compared to the hunger, which dominates everything.

#19822022 #1988

LeahBergen Autumn on the canals! 🥰🥰 2y
TrishB Gorgeous pic ❤️ 2y
Librarybelle ❤️❤️❤️ 2y
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Notes From the Blockade | Lydia Ginzburg
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#WeeklyForecast 39/22

I actually finished The Rabbit Hutch after I took this pic. Review to come up soon. I loved it!
Booth is in progress, I am enjoying that one too. I am about to start the Africa book for the challenge and have the tagged one lined up too. Ambitions!

Cinfhen Glad you‘re enjoying 2y
BarbaraBB @Cinfhen I hope you‘ll enjoy it as much as I did 🤍 2y
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Liz_M Any thoughts, news on Reading2023? I'm going to a book festival soon where Indy and small press publishers will be promoting their books. It's usually a great resource for translated literature. 2y
BarbaraBB @Liz_M You mean #ReadingTheAmericas2023? We‘re definitely going to do that but @Librarybelle and haven‘t formally announced it yet! But go ahead and get those books ❤️❤️❤️ (edited) 2y
Liz_M So south and central America as well as north America? Exciting! 2y
Megabooks Did you order The Rabbit Hutch on audio @Cinfhen ? 2y
Cinfhen I ordered the physical book @Megabooks 2y
BarbaraBB @Liz_M Yes! But the US just counts for one country because we already did #ReadingUSA2019 in which we read each state. This will be Canada, US, Central and Latin America and the Caribbean! Looking forward to it too! 2y
Suet624 Glad you're enjoying Booth. I found some of the historical information about Lincoln and what the citizenry was doing at the time so reminiscent of today but on steroids. 2y
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