num_pages: 181
description: The masterly novellas that established Ludmilla Petrushevskaya as one of the greatest living Russian writersincluding a new translation of the modern classic The Time Is Night Love them theyll torture you; dont love them theyll leave you anyway. After her work was suppressed for many years Ludmilla Petrushevskaya won wide recognition for capturing the experiences of everyday Russians with profound pathos and mordant wit. Among her most famous and controversial works these three novellasThe Time Is Night Chocolates with Liqueur (inspired by Edgar Allan Poes The Cask of Amontillado) and Among Friendsare modern classics that breathe new life into Tolstoys famous dictum All happy families are alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way. Together they confirm the genius of an author with a gift for turning adversity into art.
language: English
title: There Once Lived a Mother Who Loved Her Children, Until They Moved Back In: Three Novellas About Family
publisher: Penguin Books