In this contemporary Russian classic, a samizdat document arrives at a Soviet newspaper headquarters with unimaginable consequences.
Angels on the Head of a Pin is set in Moscow in the late 1960s, at a time when Khrushchev-era liberalization is ...
A moving and ambitious novel, this story concerns an exiled Soviet musician who finds himself back in his homeland and drawn to his hometown -- and the secret of his father’s disappearance during World War II. Gifted young violinist Oleg Nemets' ...
The picaresque story of 96-year-old Lily Bourbon, who marries her way from prostitute to Poet Laureate in the USSR and finds a new life in the U.S.
Lily was a beautiful young prostitute recruited by the Bolsheviks to service the Communist elite....
Short fiction from one of the great contemporary Russian writers. In this heartfelt collection of stories, life in Russia is vividly described -- both before and after the collapse of Communism -- as well as the plight of Russian emigres in t...