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Literature & Fiction

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

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

Love stories, with a twist, by Russiaâ€™s preeminent contemporary fiction writerâ€”the author of the prizewinning memoir about growing up in Stalinist Russia,Â The Girl from the Metropol Hotel
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By turns sly and sweet, burlesque and heartbreaking, these realist fables of women looking for love are the stories that Ludmilla Petrushevskayaâ€”who has been compared to Chekhov, Tolstoy, Beckett, Poe, Angela Carter, and even Stephen Kingâ€”is best known for in Russia.
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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 Russiaâ€™s preeminent contemporary fiction writer.
Country USA
Brand Random House Books for Young Readers
Manufacturer Penguin Books
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber RKC2006610738
Color Tan
ReleaseDate 2013-01-29
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780143121527

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