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The Big Green Tent: A Novel
Ludmila Ulitskaya
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Description for The Big Green Tent: A Novel
Paperback. The Big Green Tent is the kind of book for which the term "Russian novel" was invented. A sweeping saga, it tells the story of three school friends who meet in 1950s Moscow and go on to embody the heroism, folly, compromise, and hope of the Soviet dissident experience. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 210 x 39. Weight in Grams: 454.
The Big Green Tent is the kind of book for which the term Russian novel was invented. A sweeping saga, it tells the story of three school friends who meet in 1950s Moscow and go on to embody the heroism, folly, compromise, and hope of the Soviet dissident experience. These three boys - an orphaned poet; a gifted, fragile pianist; and a budding photographer with a talent for collecting secrets - struggle to reach adulthood in a society where their heroes have been censored and exiled. Rich with love stories, intrigue, and a cast of dissenters and spies, ... Read more
The Big Green Tent is the kind of book for which the term Russian novel was invented. A sweeping saga, it tells the story of three school friends who meet in 1950s Moscow and go on to embody the heroism, folly, compromise, and hope of the Soviet dissident experience. These three boys - an orphaned poet; a gifted, fragile pianist; and a budding photographer with a talent for collecting secrets - struggle to reach adulthood in a society where their heroes have been censored and exiled. Rich with love stories, intrigue, and a cast of dissenters and spies, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Picador USA
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Weight
453g
Number of Pages
592
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9781250097446
SKU
V9781250097446
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About Ludmila Ulitskaya
Ludmila Ulitskaya is one of Russia's most popular and renowned literary figures. A former scientist and the director of Moscow's Hebrew Repertory Theater, she is the author of fourteen works of fiction, three tales for children, and six plays that have been staged by a number of theaters in Russia and Germany. She has won Russia's Man Booker Prize and ... Read more
Reviews for The Big Green Tent: A Novel
As grand, solid, and impressively all-encompassing as the title implies.
Lara Vapnyar, The New York Times Book Review One of Russia's most famous writers...Compelling, addictive reading.
Masha Gessen, The New Yorker Never boring...You don't have to be a compatriot to admire Ulitskaya's honesty and straight-faced irony, or her uncanny ability to marshal ... Read more
Lara Vapnyar, The New York Times Book Review One of Russia's most famous writers...Compelling, addictive reading.
Masha Gessen, The New Yorker Never boring...You don't have to be a compatriot to admire Ulitskaya's honesty and straight-faced irony, or her uncanny ability to marshal ... Read more