The greatest collection by one of the great Russian writers is now back in print. First published in Europe in the 1930s and '40s, these searing, evocative stories by the late émigré writer Nina Berberova (1901-1993) are portraits of the lives of Russian exiles in Paris on the eve of World War II. The protagonists range from housekeepers and waiters to shabby-genteel aristocrats and intellectuals—but all are united in a haunting displacement from their pasts, and all share a troubling uncertainty about the future.
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Nina Berberova's (1901-1993) The Tattered Cloak, translated from the Russian by Marian Schwartz, collects six stories dealing with Russian exiles of various backgrounds living in Paris just before World War II. "The Resurrection of Mozart" focuses on a woman anxiously awaiting her husband's return home as she juggles French soldiers, her disabled son and a mysterious vagrant musician. The title story is narrated by Sasha, who moves from Petersburg to Paris with her father and for years is haunted by the memory of her older sister. Berberova has been compared to Chekhov, and these stories glow with a quiet intensity. ( June 26)
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A splendid, tragically beautiful writer capable of drawing unforgettable characters ... sublime. -- Los Angeles Times
Berberova ... will not turn her back on he past to re-create herself. She remembers so we won't forget. -- Review of Contemporary Fiction, Robert Buckeye, Summer 2001
Berberova has been compared to Chekhov, and these stories glow with a quiet intensity. -- Publishers Weekly, 18 June 2001
First rate.... These stories are very much of their time, but the years haven't tarnished them... -- Newsweek
Haunting ... as graceful and subtle as Chekhov. -- Anne Tyler, New Republic
She remembers so we won't forget. -- Context, Robert Buckeye, Fall 2001
[W]e are in the hands of a divine master. -- RALPH Magazine, Fall 2001
Berberova ... will not turn her back on he past to re-create herself. She remembers so we won't forget. -- Review of Contemporary Fiction, Robert Buckeye, Summer 2001
Berberova has been compared to Chekhov, and these stories glow with a quiet intensity. -- Publishers Weekly, 18 June 2001
First rate.... These stories are very much of their time, but the years haven't tarnished them... -- Newsweek
Haunting ... as graceful and subtle as Chekhov. -- Anne Tyler, New Republic
She remembers so we won't forget. -- Context, Robert Buckeye, Fall 2001
[W]e are in the hands of a divine master. -- RALPH Magazine, Fall 2001
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IN THE EARLY DAYS of June 1940, just at the time when the French army was beginning its final and irrevocable retreat after the breach at Sedan, on a quiet warm evening, a group of four women and five men were sitting in a garden under the trees, about th Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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- Moura: The Dangerous Life of the Baroness Budberg by Nina Berberova in Front Matter, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Paris: The Collected Traveler: An Inspired Anthology and Travel Resource by Barrie Kerper on page 549
- A History of Women's Writing in Russia by Adele Marie Barker in Back Matter
- Fodor's France 2005 (Fodor's Gold Guides) by Fodor's on page 403
- Anne Tyler: A Bio-Bibliography (Bio-Bibliographies in American Literature) by Robert W. Croft on page 124
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