Двое

by Tatyana Tolstaya, Татьяна Толстая, Natalia Tolstaya

"Two" is the book of the Tolstoy sisters. The 1990s were reflected differently in the work of the writer sisters. Tatiana at this time worked mainly in the genre of journalism. Natalia wrote prose. However, the attentive reader will notice obvious roll-calls in Tolstoy's texts. The book includes stories by Tatiana Tolstoy and Natalia Tolstoy, both already familiar to the reader, and new ones.

Genres: Russia

480 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2001

About the author

Tatyana Tolstaya (Татьяна Толстая) was born in Leningrad, U.S.S.R. As the great-grandniece of the Russian author Leo Tolstoy and the granddaughter of Alexei Tolstoy, Tolstaya comes from a distinguished literary family; but, according to Marta Mestrovic's interview in Publishers Weekly with the author, she hates ‘‘being discussed as a relative of someone.’’

Still, Tolstaya's background is undeniably one of culture and education. Her father was a physics professor who taught her two languages, and her maternal grandfather was a well-known translator.

Reviews

[Oksana · Rating 4 out of 5]

Книга состоит из рассказов Натальи Толстой и заметок, статей Татьяны Толстой. Понравились больше заметки и статьи Татьяны Толстой. Они написанны острым умом, с юмором, с сатирой, на злобу дня (так кажется даже сейчас, а дата публикации 1989-2000г). Особенно понравилось следуещее: "Стране нужна валюта", "Политическая корректность", "Ножки", "Вдогонку: сказочка про добрую Машу, злого Гришу и глупый народ", "Непальцы и мюмзики".

[Anna Dekhtiarenko · Rating 3 out of 5]

В этом сборнике Наталья - сильная сторона, Татьяна - слабая