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There Once Lived a Girl Who Seduced Her Sister's Husband, and He Hanged Himself
There Once Lived a Girl Who Seduced Her Sister's Husband, and He Hanged Himself: Love Stories | Ludmilla Petrushevskaya
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Love stories, with a twist: the eagerly awaited follow-up to the great Russian writers New York Times bestselling scary fairy tales By turns sly and sweet, burlesque and heartbreaking, these realist fables of women looking for love are the stories that Ludmilla Petrushevskayawho has been compared to Chekhov, Tolstoy, Beckett, Poe, Angela Carter, and even Stephen Kingis best known for in Russia. Here are attempts at human connection, both depraved and sublime, by people across the life span: one-night stands in communal apartments, poignantly awkward couplings, office trysts, schoolgirl crushes, elopements, tentative courtships, and rampant infidelity, shot through with lurid violence, romantic illusion, and surprising tenderness. With the satirical eye of Cindy Sherman, Petrushevskaya blends macabre spectacle with transformative moments of grace and shows just why she is Russias preeminent contemporary fiction writer.
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danimgill
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So a friend gave me this short story collection for my birthday last month and idk what it says about me that she prefaced it with “I saw the title and immediately thought of you” 😂

But she was right, I enjoyed this collection of dark Russian love stories even though they varied a bit in quality. Ludmilla Petrushevskaya sounds like a badass author so I‘ll definitely be looking into her other work!

emilyhaldi 😆😆 7y
mcipher I guess you‘re... quirky? 😂🤣 7y
danimgill @mcipher I guess that‘s the nice option! 🤣 7y
Bklover 😂😂😂 7y
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Rachael_reads
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#bookmail
I got these in the mail today!!! 😀
Have you read any of these? Thoughts?

ohyeahthatgirl I really liked Petrushevskaya's. They're lite slices of Russian life, a little grim but I found them funny. 8y
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Beachesnbooks
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#currentlyreading this collection of short stories set in Russia for my new goal of reading one short story collection every month. So far it's very well-written and I've already put another collection by this author on my tbr.

Leniverse That's some titles! 😯 8y
Suet624 That title alone is worth an extended pause. And a read. 8y
Beachesnbooks @Leniverse @Suet624 Not gonna lie, this was one that I picked up just because of the title 😂 8y
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readordierachel
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Orange is such a warm color... 🍊🍊🍊

#orangecovers #photoadaynov16
@RealLifeReading

EnidBiteEm What a title! 8y
readordierachel @EnidBiteEm Right? She also has books titled "There Once Lived a Mother Who Loved Her Children, Until They Moved Back In" and "There Once Lived a Woman Who Tried to Kill Her Neighbor's Baby" ? 8y
upthecatpunx Ohhh I picked Gimme Something Better up over the summer for Drew but haven't managed to start it yet. 8y
readordierachel @upthecatpunx I haven't cracked it yet, but Mason read it and really iked it. 8y
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