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Named a Must-Read Book by New York Magazine, Travel+Leisure, Flavorwire, and Bustle
Long-listed for the 2016 Best Translated Book Award in Fiction
With epic breadth and intimate detail, Ludmila Ulitskaya’s remarkable work tells the story of three school friends who meet in Moscow in the 1950s and go on to embody the heroism, folly, compromise, and hope of the Soviet dissident experience. These three boys—an orphaned poet, a gifted yet 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, The Big Green Tent offers a panoramic survey of life after Stalin and a dramatic investigation into the possibilities for individual integrity in a society defined by the KGB. Each of the central characters seeks to transcend an oppressive regime through art, a love of Russian literature, and activism. And each of them ends up face-to-face with a secret police that is highly skilled at provoking paranoia, division, and self-betrayal. Ludmila Ulitskaya’s novel ultimately belongs to the tradition of Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, and Pasternak: it is a work consumed with politics, love, and belief—and a discovery of light in dark times.
Publisher : Picador; Reprint edition (January 10, 2017)
Language : English
Paperback : 592 pages
ISBN-10 : 1250097444
ISBN-13 : 978-1250097446
Item Weight : 2.27 pounds
Dimensions : 5.55 x 1.05 x 8.2 inches
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Customers find the book entertaining and educational. They appreciate the wonderful insights into everyday lives and Russian life. Readers describe the writing quality as extremely well-written, reflective, and flowing with literary grace. Opinions are mixed on the narrative length, with some finding it ambitious and excellent, while others say the story isn’t compelling enough.
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