Capturing the complexities of contemporary Russian life, the scribbled notes of Anna Andrianovna, written in the solitary hours of the night, chronicle her struggle to provide food, money, space, time, and love for the diverse members of her family....
A complete collection of short fiction by the award-winning author of
New York Times Bestseller Winner of the World Fantasy Award One of New York magazine’s 10 Best Books of the Year One of NPR’s 5 Best Works of Foreign FictionThe celebrated scary fairy tales of Russia’s preeminent contemporary fic...
A woman finds herself filling a pit in the forest in the middle of the night; a family lock each other in their bedrooms to battle a strange plague; a wizard punishes two beautiful ballerinas by turning them into one hugely fat circus performer; ...
Love stories, with a twist: the eagerly awaited follow-up to the great Russian writer’s 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 stor...
Love stories, with a twist: the eagerly awaited follow-up to the great Russian writer's 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 storie...
The masterly novellas that established Ludmilla Petrushevskaya as one of the greatest living Russian writers -- including a new translation of the modern classic The Time Is Night “Love them, they’ll torture you; don’t love them, Âtheyâ€...
“One of Russia’s best living writers . . . Her tales inhabit a borderline between this world and the next.” —The New York TimesAt first glance, the stories in The New Adventures of Helen seems simple, even child-like, but a de...