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There Once Lived a Girl Who Seduced Her Sister's Husband, And He Hanged Himself: Love Stories

Ludmilla Petrushevskaya author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd

Published:31st Jan '13

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In these dark, dreamlike love stories with a twist, Ludmilla Petrushevskaya tells of strange encounters in claustrophobic communal apartments, ill-fated holiday romances, office trysts, schoolgirl crushes, tentative courtships . . .

Features love stories about the strange encounters in claustrophobic communal apartments, ill-fated holiday romances, office trysts, schoolgirl crushes, tentative courtships, rampant infidelity, tender devotion and terrifying madness.In these dark, dreamlike love stories with a twist, Ludmilla Petrushevskaya tells of strange encounters in claustrophobic communal apartments, ill-fated holiday romances, office trysts, schoolgirl crushes, tentative courtships, rampant infidelity, tender devotion and terrifying madness. By turns sly and sweet, earthy and sublime, these fables of flawed love blend black humour and macabre spectacle with transformative moments of grace.

One of Russia's best living writers ... her tales inhabit a borderline between this world and the next * The New York Times *
Petrushevskaya proves that the literary tradition that produced Dostoyevsky, Gogol and Babel is alive and well * The Daily Beast *

ISBN: 9780141198583

Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 11mm

Weight: 146g

192 pages