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Literary Russia : A Guide

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When I was in Oxford about 12 years ago, I was invited out to eat with 2 friends and another whom I had met briefly through them long before but otherwise did not know. She turned out to be a fascinating but undomineering conversationalist, and quite magnetic personality. When she asked me what I intended to do with my remaining day in England I said I hoped to track down a book but could not remember either the title or the author(s). When I described its contents she said, astoundingly, that she was the author and would give me a copy. (Our friends were neither Russianists nor academics of any kind, and had no idea I was interested in the area or the book, so it was a complete coincidence.) As to the book, it is a fascinating and original reference for any lover of Russian literature.