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There once lived a girl who seduced her sister's husband, and he hanged himself : love stories / Ludmilla Petrushevskaya ; selected and translated with an introduction by Anna Summers.

Petrushevskaia, Liudmila. (Author). Summers, Anna. (Added Author).

Summary:

By turns sly and sweet, burlesque and heartbreaking, these realist fables of women looking for love are the stories that Ludmilla Petrushevskaya (who has been compared to Chekhov, Tolstoy, Beckett, Poe, Angela Carter, and even Stephen King) is best known for in Russia. Here are attempts at human connection, both depraved and sublime, by people across the life span: one-night stands in communal apartments, poignantly awkward couplings, office trysts, schoolgirl crushes, elopements, tentative courtships, and rampant infidelity, shot through with lurid violence, romantic illusion, and surprising tenderness. With the satirical eye of Cindy Sherman, Petrushevskaya blends macabre spectacle with transformative moments of grace and shows just why she is Russia's preeminent contemporary fiction writer.

Record details

ISBN: 9780143121527 (trade pbk.)
ISBN: 0143121529 (trade pbk.)
Physical Description: xvii, 171 p. ; 20 cm.
Publisher: New York : Penguin Books, 2013.

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:	Introduction -- A murky fate: A murky fate -- The fall -- The goddess parka -- Like Penélope -- Ali-baba -- Hallelujah, family!: Deities -- Father and mother -- The impulse -- Hallelujah, family! -- My little one: Give her to me -- Milgrom -- Clarissa's story -- Tamara's baby -- A happy ending: Young berries -- The adventures of Vera -- Eros's way -- A happy ending.
Language Note:	Translated from the Russian.