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The Funeral Party

By Ludmila Ulitskaya

The Funeral Party Contemporary literature

The Funeral Party

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'Dazzling . . . [An] engrossing study of a vivacious personality slipping away' THE TIMES 'Rich in detail, elusive in meaning, light in touch' MOSCOW TIMES In a small apartment in New York, in the sweltering mid-summer heat, a group of Russian émigrés gather around the sickbed of an artist named Alik. Nina, his wife, is desperate for Alik to be baptised; Irina, his ex-lover, a circus acrobat turned lawyer, quietly pays the bills; elderly Maria dispenses magical herbs; and Maika, Irina's fifteen-year-old daughter, prepares to lose the only man to make her laugh. As the visitors fuss and reminisce over Alik, in a corner of the crowded room the television shows the uprising outside the White House in Moscow and the tanks closing in on the city . . .
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
176
Release Date:
2015-08-20
Publication Date:
2015-08-20
Publisher:
Orion Publishing Co
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1474602053
ISBN13:
9781474602051
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
169 g
Height:
128 cm
Width:
198 cm
Thickness:
17 cm
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