"Named a Must-Read Book by New York Magazine, Travel+Leisure, Flavorwire, and BustleLong-listed for the 2016 Best Translated Book Award in FictionWith 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 f ..."
"Medea Georgievna Sinoply Mendez is an iconic figure in her Crimean village, the last remaining pure-blooded Greek in a family that has lived on that coast for centuries. Childless Medea is the touchstone of a large family, which gathers each spring and summer at her home. There are her nieces (sexy Nike and shy Masha), her nephew Georgii (who shares Medea s devotion to the Crimea), and their friends. In this single summer, the languor o ..."
Jacob's Ladder A Novel von LudmilaUlitskaya, Polly Gannon Hardcover, 560 Seiten, Veröffentlicht 2019 von Farrar, Straus And Giroux ISBN-13: 978-0-374-29365-9, ISBN: 0-374-29365-1
"One of Russia’s most renowned literary figures and a Man Booker International Prize nominee, Ludmila Ulitskaya presents what may be her final novel. Jacob’s Ladder is a family saga spanning a century of recent Russian history―and represents the summation of the author’s career, devoted to sharing the absurd and tragic tales of twentieth-century life in her nation. Jumping between the diaries and letters of Jacob Ossetsky in Kiev in the ..."
"Translated from the Russian by Diane Nemec IgnashevThe central character in Ludmila Ulitskaya s celebrated novel "The Kukotsky Enigma "is a gynecologist contending with Stalin s prohibition of abortions in 1936. But, in the tradition of Russia s great family novels, the story encompasses the history of two families and unfolds in Moscow, St. Petersburg, and the ruins of ancient civilizations on the Black Sea. Their lives raise profound ..."
"An absorbing novel of dissident life in the Soviet Union, by one of Russia's most popular writersThe Big Green Tent is the kind of book the term "Russian novel" was invented for. A sweeping saga, it 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, fragile pianist; and a bud ..."
"August 1991. In a sweltering New York City apartment, a group of Russian émigrés gathers round the deathbed of an artist named Alik, a charismatic character beloved by them all, especially the women who take turns nursing him as he fades from this world. Their reminiscences of the dying man and of their lives in Russia are punctuated by debates and squabbles: Whom did Alik love most? Should he be baptized before he dies, as his alcoholi ..."
"The novel is in part about the women - their differences, their different relationships with this charismatic man - but it's also about being an emigre."
"The Big Green Tent epitomizes what we think of when we imagine the classic Russian novel. 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, fragile pianist; and a budding photographer with a talent f ..."
The Funeral Party von LudmilaUlitskaya Paperback, 176 Seiten, Veröffentlicht 2015 von Weidenfeld & Nicolson ISBN-13: 978-1-4746-0205-1, ISBN: 1-4746-0205-3
"Daniel Stein, Interpreter is seen by many as the great Russian novel of our time. Winner of the Russian National Literary Prize and the Simone de Beauvoir Prize, and nominated for the Russian Booker Novel of the Decade, Ludmila Ulitskaya has earned accolades internationally for this groundbreaking work.Daniel Stein, Interpreter is seen by many as the great Russian novel of our time. Winner of the Russian National Literary Prize and the ..."
"Daniel Stein, a Polish Jew, miraculously survives the Holocaust by working in the Gestapo as a translator. After the war, he converts to Catholicism, becomes a priest, enters the Order of Barefoot Carmelites and emigrates to Israel. Despite this seeming impossibility, the life and destiny of Daniel Stein are not an invention, the character is based on the life of Oswald Rufeisen, the real Brother Daniel, a Carmelite monk. In Daniel Stei ..."
"The Los Angeles Times said of Ludmila Ulitskaya’s The Funeral Party, “In America we have friends, family, lovers, and parents–four kinds of love. Could it really be that in Russia they have more? Ludmila Ulitskaya makes it seem so.” In Sonechka: A Novella and Stories, Ulitskaya brings us tales of these other loves in her richly lyrical prose, populated with captivating and unusual characters.In “Queen of Spades,” Anna, a successful opht ..."
"This annotated edition of "Bronka" introduces students of Russian to a profoundly moving story by Ludmila Ulitskaya, one of Russia's most important contemporary novelists and short story writers. Bronka is a young girl, who, just before World War II, arrives in Moscow with her recently widowed mother, Simka, and the two settle into a communal apartment in a dilapidated apartment house situated in a large courtyard. Spanning the late 193 ..."
"Annotated Russian reader for intermediate (B1-B2) level includes three great short stories by Ludmila Ulitskaia: Paper victory, Cabbage Miracle, and Nails. Each story includes side glosses, stress marks, comments, exercises, and a full glossary. Ludmila Ulitskaya, one of Russia's most acclaimed contemporary prose writers, began her literary career with a book of stories for children, and later published a series of stories about young g ..."
"Daniel Stein, Interpreter is seen by many as the great Russian novel of our time. Winner of the Russian National Literary Prize and shortlisted for the Russian Booker Novel of the Decade, it tells the story of Daniel Stein, a Polish Jew who narrowly survives the Holocaust by working for the Gestapo as an interpreter. After the war, he converts to Catholicism, becomes a priest, and finally emigrates to Israel. Despite this seemingly far- ..."
" Um die russische Literatur hatte sich Ljudmila Ulitzkaja bereits verdient gemacht, als sie selbst noch gar nichts veröffentlichen konnte. Während ihrer Tätigkeit als Genetikerin am Moskauer Akademieinstitut 1967-1969 nahm sie aktiv an der Vervielfältigung und Verteilung in der Sowjetunion verbotener Romane (der so genannten Samisdat-Literatur) teil, weswegen man sie auch entließ. Später schlug sie sich als Assistentin des künstlerische ..."
Sónechka von LudmilaUlitskaya 119 Seiten, Veröffentlicht 2005 von Lom Ediciones ISBN-13: 978-956-282-766-9, ISBN: 956-282-766-6
"«Lestnitca Iakova» â€" eto roman-pritcha, prichudlivo razvetvlennaia semeinaia khronika s mnozhestvom geroev i filigranno vystroennym siuzhetom. V tcentre romana â€" parallelnye sudby Iakova Osetckogo, cheloveka knigi i intellektuala, rozhdennogo v kontce XIX veka, i ego vnuchki Nory â€" teatralnogo khudozhnika, lichnosti svoevolnoi i deiatelnoi. Ikh «znakomstvo» sostoialos v nachale XXI veka, kogda Nora prochla perepisku Iakova i b ..."
"Daniel Stein, a Polish Jew, miraculously survives the Holocaust by working in the Gestapo as an interpreter. After the war, he converts to Catholicism, becomes a priest, enters the Order of Barefoot Carmelites and emigrates to Israel. Despite this seeming impossibility, the life and destiny of Daniel Stein are not an invention, the character is based on the life of Oswald Rufeisen, the real Brother Daniel, a Carmelite monk. In Daniel St ..."