num_pages: 160
description: First published in Russia in 1992, The Time: Night is a darkly humorous depiction of the Soviet utopia's underbelly by one of the most brilliant stylists in contemporary Russian literature. Anna Andrianova is a trite poet and disastrous parent. Heading a household dominated by women, she can cling to the myth of the all-powerful yet suffering Russian matriarch. Challenging that myth is her headstrong daughter Alyona, a woman with appalling judgment and several illegitimate children, who both needs Anna and hates her.
language: English
title: The Time: Night
titlecomplete: The Time: Night
characters: Anna Andrianova
genres: Fiction, Family, Womens, Literature, Novels, College, Contemporary, Russian Literature, Historical Fiction, Russia
ratings_count: 645
awards: awardedAt: 1357027200000
name: Angelus
category: Shortlist
publisher: Northwestern University Press