Leningrad

By: Igor Vishnevetsky, Andrew Bromfield (Translator)

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Paperback | 23 January 2014

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122 Pages

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Closing the gap between the contemporary Russian novel and the masterpieces of the early Soviet avant-garde, this masterful mixture of prose and poetry, excerpts from private letters and diaries, and quotes from newspapers and NKVD documents, is a unique amalgam of documentary, philosophical novel, and black humor. Revolving around three central characters--a composer; his lover, Vera; and Vera's husband, a naval officer intercepting enemy communications--we are made witness to the inhuman conditions prevailing during the Siege of Leningrad, against a background of starvation and continuous bombing. In their wild attempts to survive, the protagonists hold on to their art, ideals, and sentiments--hoping that these might somehow remain uncorrupted despite the Bolsheviks, Nazis, and even death itself.

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