There once lived a mother who loved her children, until they moved back in
Subtitle: three novellas about family
By: Ludmilla Petrushevskaya ; translated with an introduction by Anna Summers
Contributors: Petrushevskai͡a, Li͡udmila; Petrushevskai︠a︡, Li︠u︡dmila; Summers, Anna, translator, author of introduction
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 181
ISBN-13: 9780143121664
Subjects: Translations into English; Russian Domestic fiction
Other titles: Time is night.; Chocolates with liqueur.; Among friends.
Work titles: Novellas
Description: "The masterly novellas that established Ludmilla Petrushevskaya as one of the greatest living Russian writers . 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 novellas-The Time Is Night, Chocolates with Liqueur, and Among Friends-are modern classics that breathe new life into Tolstoy's 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"--
Notes: Translated from the Russian.
Table of contents: title: The time is night (1992) --; title: Chocolates with liqueur (2002) --; title: Among friends (1988).