false 909966 1229930 Jeff Parker M Toronto, Canada 02/2008 12/2009 59 55 39 true 5623944 read 1 true 1852491 currently-reading 15 true 1852490 to-read 11 false 1912885 i-give-all-my-friends-4-stars There Once Lived a Woman Who Tried to Kill Her Neighbor's Baby: Fairy Tales (Paperback) by Ludmilla Petrushevskaya]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/71406238 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255709125s/6490566.jpg 909966 Jeff http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1237733586p2/909966.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/909966-jeff Wed, 16 Sep 2009 07:52:59 -0700 The People of Paper (Paperback) by Salvador Plascencia]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/70799900 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170131555s/43603.jpg 909966 Jeff http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1237733586p2/909966.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/909966-jeff Thu, 10 Sep 2009 20:33:00 -0700 http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/197411-rasskazy-new-fiction-by-young-russian-writers http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto/groups_nophoto-50x66.jpg 909966 Jeff http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1237733586p2/909966.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/909966-jeff Sat, 22 Aug 2009 09:06:12 -0700
"The current state of Russian identity—artistic, political, social and beyond—is vigorously examined in this anthology, offering readers a multifaceted portrait of the complex nation, from short, poetic pieces like Oleg Zobern's 'Bregovich's Sixth Journey,' to nearly journalistic narratives like Arkady Babchenko's powerful and harrowing remembrance of the Chechen war ('The Diesel Stop'). The dreams and fears of young and old are included—Roman Senchin's 'History' follows a retired and politically indifferent professor who gets caught up in a mass arrest of protesters and subsequently must wake up to the oppressive realities of his country, and Anna Starobinet's 'Rules' is a whimsical and poignant sketch of a frighteningly perceptive boy. The editors point out that the stories 'fall broadly into the category of what can be referred to as New Russian Realism.' This realism, though, leaves plenty of room for surreal and dryly humorous perspectives (such as Kirill Ryabov's 'Spit' and Vadim Kalinin's 'The Unbelievable and Tragic Story of Misha Shtrikov and His Cruel Wife'). This is a truly diverse series of revelations."—Publishers Weekly]]> Animation for Russian Conversation (Russian Edition) by Maria Alley]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/51515488 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg 909966 Jeff http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1237733586p2/909966.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/909966-jeff Sat, 04 Apr 2009 16:14:40 -0700 Everything Ravaged, Everything Burned: Stories (Hardcover) by Wells Tower]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/51508397 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255939030s/4291946.jpg 909966 Jeff http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1237733586p2/909966.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/909966-jeff Sat, 04 Apr 2009 15:00:08 -0700 Tunneling to the Center of the Earth: Stories (P.S.) by Kevin Wilson]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/51508342 http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/511QECvtbrL._SL75_.jpg 909966 Jeff http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1237733586p2/909966.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/909966-jeff Sat, 04 Apr 2009 14:59:52 -0700 Amerika: Russian Writers View the United States (Russian Literature Series) by Jeff Parker]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50796725 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171564934s/106510.jpg 909966 Jeff http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1237733586p2/909966.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/909966-jeff Sun, 29 Mar 2009 07:45:16 -0700