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Giugno 1950, la commissione McCarthy interroga un'attrice di nome Maria Apron, accusata di essere entrata negli Stati Uniti con un passaporto falso e di aver assassinato un agente segreto americano in Unione Sovietica. Per difendersi, Maria non ha altro che i propri ricordi, e li userà, nei cinque giorni del suo interrogatorio, per cercare di salvarsi la vita. Marina Andreïva, questo è il suo vero nome, inizia la sua confessione con una rivelazione sconvolgente: sì, ha conosciuto Stalin, è stata persino la sua amante, e quella storia ha distrutto tutti i suoi sogni. Perché proprio per sfuggire al dittatore, nel 1932, la donna, che all'epoca era una giovane promessa del teatro moscovita, era stata costretta ad abbandonare per sempre la sua carriera e la sua città. Per ironia della sorte, Marina, giovane attrice antisemita, si era ritrovata a Birobidjan, la regione autonoma ebraica creata in Siberia da Stalin, e lì aveva scoperto la grande vitalità della cultura yiddish e trovato l'amore. Lui si chiamava Micheal Apron, ed era americano. Ma la fine della seconda guerra mondiale modifica gli equilibri: gli americani, che prima erano alleati, ora sono il nemico numero uno. Accusato di spionaggio, Michael viene rinchiuso in un Gulag e, per salvarlo, Marina decide di sfidare l'inferno.
384 pages, Hardcover
First published January 26, 2012
About the author
Marek Halter
68 books181 followersMarek Halter was born in Poland in 1936. During World War II, he and his parents narrowly escaped from the Warsaw ghetto. After a time in Russia and Uzbekistan, they emigrated to France in 1950. There Halter studied pantomime with Marcel Marceau and embarked on a career as a painter that led to several international exhibitions. In 1967, he founded the International Committee for a Negotiated Peace Agreement in the Near East and played a crucial role in the organization of the first official meetings between Palestinians and Israelis.
In the 1970s, Marek Halter turned to writing. He first published The Madman and the Kings, which was awarded the Prix Aujourd’hui in 1976. He is also the author of several internationally acclaimed, bestselling historical novels, including The Messiah, The Mysteries of Jerusalem, The Book of Abraham, which won the Prix du Livre Inter, and Sarah, the first of the Canaan trilogy, and Lilah, the concluding one.
In the 1970s, Marek Halter turned to writing. He first published The Madman and the Kings, which was awarded the Prix Aujourd’hui in 1976. He is also the author of several internationally acclaimed, bestselling historical novels, including The Messiah, The Mysteries of Jerusalem, The Book of Abraham, which won the Prix du Livre Inter, and Sarah, the first of the Canaan trilogy, and Lilah, the concluding one.
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December 19, 2015
Such lovely historical novel, so entertaining. I couldn't put it down even for a moment.
December 3, 2016
Ima nekih knjiga koje te ne oduševe potpuno, ali ostave trag, ostave nešto lijepo posle čitanja. Načitala sam se raznih vrsta. Raznih žanrova. Ovo ljeto je prosto okupano knjigama. I baš sinoć sam do kasno čitala, sa namjerom da knjigu privedem kraju. Vani je bijesnila oluja, vjetar je šamarao drveće, moja čupavica je spavala na mom jastuku i vjerujem da je zaista bila lijepa noć za čitanje.
Ako pročitate onaj kratki tekst na zadnjoj korici knjige vidjećete da je priča istorijska, ljubavna i ratna, i možda baš i neće izazvati želju za čitanjem. Nije ni kod mene. Rusija, Staljin, rat, šijuni. Nekako mi to uvijek bude "previše". Ali ja sam neko ko daje šansu, knjigama i ljudima. Korice nisu važne jel da? Priča se broji.
Moja nova uloga. Moj novi film. Nova ličnost. I ljubav. Divna ljubav. Ona zbog koje izdržiš sve, zbog koje gaziš po užarenoj zemlji, zbog koje ćeš sve učiniti. Ljubav. Da, da, ko o čemu ja o ljubavi. Šta mogu... Takva sam. Ljubav je svuda.
Šta ćeš naučiti iz ove priče?
Greške su ono što nas obilježava, one nas usmjeravaju, one nas grade. Iz njih možeš naučiti kako biti bolji čovjek. Kako ne pogriješiti naredni put.
Ljubav je nesalomiva bez obzira na tuđe pokušaje. Rat je teško breme koje nose preživjeli na svojim leđima. Ali ljubav je ta koja daje snagu, ljubav je ta zbog koje se budiš i dišeš. Taj neko koga voliš toliko da bi sve dao samo za još jedan pogled. Još jedan zagrljaj. Te ljubavi nikad ne prolaze.
Politika je kučka. Zlo u koje ne treba ulaziti. Uznapredovala iluzija koju ne možeš promijeniti i treba je zaobilaziti. Tu vladaju interesi, tu nema istine, i tu nema iskrenosti.
Bol uvijek boli, ali vrijeme nikad ne staje, i moraš da naučiš da živiš sa tim, ili da pustiš da te slomi. Naučićeš kako da budeš jak.
Cijela istorija o drugom svjetskom ratu mi je uvijek bila teška. Sva ta priča o progonstvu, mučenju, logorima, brojevima, sve to je previše. Nikad ne mogu biti jedna od onih koji podržavaju takve stvari. Rekla sam - ja sam za ljubav. Čitajući, ponovo se u meni rodila zahvalnost što u mojoj zemlji vlada mir. Što u mojoj zemlji nema logora smrti. Jer šta su ti ljudi morali da prođu... Naše danas leži na izginulim ljudima koji su se borili da oslobode svijet od takvih čudovišta.
Ne znam za tebe, ali meni bi ovo bilo dovoljno da pročitam ovu knjigu. Zaista bi mogli provesti vikend sa Marijom Andrejevnom i uživjeti se u svijet glume i pozorišta, rata i ljubavi. I kako ona kaže - ljubav je u njoj stvorila štit i to je jedini razlog zašto je izdržala. Gdje su danas takve ljubavi...
Ako pročitate onaj kratki tekst na zadnjoj korici knjige vidjećete da je priča istorijska, ljubavna i ratna, i možda baš i neće izazvati želju za čitanjem. Nije ni kod mene. Rusija, Staljin, rat, šijuni. Nekako mi to uvijek bude "previše". Ali ja sam neko ko daje šansu, knjigama i ljudima. Korice nisu važne jel da? Priča se broji.
Moja nova uloga. Moj novi film. Nova ličnost. I ljubav. Divna ljubav. Ona zbog koje izdržiš sve, zbog koje gaziš po užarenoj zemlji, zbog koje ćeš sve učiniti. Ljubav. Da, da, ko o čemu ja o ljubavi. Šta mogu... Takva sam. Ljubav je svuda.
Šta ćeš naučiti iz ove priče?
Greške su ono što nas obilježava, one nas usmjeravaju, one nas grade. Iz njih možeš naučiti kako biti bolji čovjek. Kako ne pogriješiti naredni put.
Ljubav je nesalomiva bez obzira na tuđe pokušaje. Rat je teško breme koje nose preživjeli na svojim leđima. Ali ljubav je ta koja daje snagu, ljubav je ta zbog koje se budiš i dišeš. Taj neko koga voliš toliko da bi sve dao samo za još jedan pogled. Još jedan zagrljaj. Te ljubavi nikad ne prolaze.
Politika je kučka. Zlo u koje ne treba ulaziti. Uznapredovala iluzija koju ne možeš promijeniti i treba je zaobilaziti. Tu vladaju interesi, tu nema istine, i tu nema iskrenosti.
Bol uvijek boli, ali vrijeme nikad ne staje, i moraš da naučiš da živiš sa tim, ili da pustiš da te slomi. Naučićeš kako da budeš jak.
Cijela istorija o drugom svjetskom ratu mi je uvijek bila teška. Sva ta priča o progonstvu, mučenju, logorima, brojevima, sve to je previše. Nikad ne mogu biti jedna od onih koji podržavaju takve stvari. Rekla sam - ja sam za ljubav. Čitajući, ponovo se u meni rodila zahvalnost što u mojoj zemlji vlada mir. Što u mojoj zemlji nema logora smrti. Jer šta su ti ljudi morali da prođu... Naše danas leži na izginulim ljudima koji su se borili da oslobode svijet od takvih čudovišta.
Ne znam za tebe, ali meni bi ovo bilo dovoljno da pročitam ovu knjigu. Zaista bi mogli provesti vikend sa Marijom Andrejevnom i uživjeti se u svijet glume i pozorišta, rata i ljubavi. I kako ona kaže - ljubav je u njoj stvorila štit i to je jedini razlog zašto je izdržala. Gdje su danas takve ljubavi...
December 7, 2020
Iznenađujuće dobra knjiga! Generalno izbegavam istorijske fikcije, međutim nakon što sam pročitala biografiju Staljinove ćerke Svetlane, a ovu knjigu sam imala u svojoj biblioteci, rešila sam da joj pružim šansu.
Kao što rekoh u pitanju je roman, ali bez obzira na to, zasnovan je na mnogim istorijskim činjenicama i likovima. Napisana je tako da sve i da je istinita priča u pitanju, ne biste imali problema da u istu poverujete. Žao mi je samo što je kraj nekako zbrzan previše za moj ukus.
Dugo sam čitala ovu knjigu, ali verujem da je to delom i zato što mi se nisu čitale "teške" knjige u ovom trenutku. Svakako ova knjiga jeste nešto teža za čitanje, imajući u vidu da je vremenski smeštena u period Staljinove vladavine, Drugi svetski rat i 50e godine prošlog veka u Americi kada se pokrenula ozbiljna anti-komunistička propaganda.
Priča prati Marinu / Mariju koja završava pred komisijom koja je optužuje da je komunistkinja i sovjetska špijunka. Kako nema dokaze koji bi potvrdili da je nevina ona reši da komisiji ispriča svoju životnu priču i kroz sećanja ih vraća u Moskvu pre i tokom rata, kao i u jevrejsku autonomnu pokrajinu Birobidžan, koja je smeštena u Sibiru.
Marina je fantastično opisana i mogla sam da zamislim ne samo kako izgleda, već i kako se ponaša. Pošto sam čitala dosta istorijskih knjiga vezanih za Rusiju, moram da priznam da je i sama Rusija, život i ljudi u njoj fantastično opisana, kao i delovi koji opisuju rat i bombardovanje Moskve.
Kao što rekoh u pitanju je roman, ali bez obzira na to, zasnovan je na mnogim istorijskim činjenicama i likovima. Napisana je tako da sve i da je istinita priča u pitanju, ne biste imali problema da u istu poverujete. Žao mi je samo što je kraj nekako zbrzan previše za moj ukus.
Dugo sam čitala ovu knjigu, ali verujem da je to delom i zato što mi se nisu čitale "teške" knjige u ovom trenutku. Svakako ova knjiga jeste nešto teža za čitanje, imajući u vidu da je vremenski smeštena u period Staljinove vladavine, Drugi svetski rat i 50e godine prošlog veka u Americi kada se pokrenula ozbiljna anti-komunistička propaganda.
Priča prati Marinu / Mariju koja završava pred komisijom koja je optužuje da je komunistkinja i sovjetska špijunka. Kako nema dokaze koji bi potvrdili da je nevina ona reši da komisiji ispriča svoju životnu priču i kroz sećanja ih vraća u Moskvu pre i tokom rata, kao i u jevrejsku autonomnu pokrajinu Birobidžan, koja je smeštena u Sibiru.
Marina je fantastično opisana i mogla sam da zamislim ne samo kako izgleda, već i kako se ponaša. Pošto sam čitala dosta istorijskih knjiga vezanih za Rusiju, moram da priznam da je i sama Rusija, život i ljudi u njoj fantastično opisana, kao i delovi koji opisuju rat i bombardovanje Moskve.
March 16, 2021
Ne znam koliko naslov "Staljinova ljubavnica" )(tako je knjiga naslovljena u Vulkanovom izdanju) baš odgovara ovoj knjizi. U originalu je “The Birobidzhan Affair” i sigurno više odgovara radnji. Priča je ispričana iz dve perspektive, pratimo dva vremenska toka na suprotnim stranama sveta, jedan iz 1950, u Vašingtonu, a drugi se proteže od 1932 do 1943, u Moskvi, a kasnije, tokom 1943 u Birobidžanu, autonomnoj oblasti Jevreja u Sibiru, u jeku Drugog svetskog rata. Prvi put čitam o tome i bila sam fascinirana, kao i uvek kada čitam o Jevrejima. U prvom licu nam priča novinar Al koji prisustvuje suđenju jedne izuzetno lepe glumice koju Makartijeva komisija sudi zbog špijunaže,. To je Marija Ejpron, za koju se ustanovi da je u stvari ruski emigrant Marina Andrejeva Gusejev. Na suđenju, kao Šeherezada, ona pokušava ispričati svoju priču o tome kako je bila prinuđena da u zimu 1943 napusti Moskvu i ide u Birobidžan zbog jedne nepromišljene noći sa Staljinom, noći u Kremlju između 8 i 9 novembra 1932 koja je obeležila i njegov, ali i njen život. Njena je priča ispričana u trećem licu, ali doživljaj je kao da je ona priča. Pomalo špijunaže, spletki, strasti, sibirske hladnoće, ljudske hladnoće, ali i puno ljubavi zbog koje se mogu izdržiti i najužasniji užasi. Nisam puno očekivala, mislila sam da je neki mlaki ljubić, ali sam barem dobila istorijsku lekciju i želju da malo “istražim” Birobidžan.
April 8, 2014
Is there still a bias against works released only as e-books? Almost certainly not in the case of known writers: Karen Russel's new "Sleep Donation" will not lack for a readership. But for relatively unknown writers? I wonder. If that is the case, I'm sad that readers will miss the delicious pleasure of Marek Halter's "The Birobidzhan Affair" (a problem that can only be made worse by the challenge of spelling the title!).
Halter's novel opens with a woman hauled in front of the HUAC Committee. The usual suspects are all present -- Roy Cohn as duplicitous inquisitor, Nixon appropriately craven and egoistical. The woman's story that she was born in America quickly disintegrates. Instead she is accused of murdering an American spy, a charge she emotionally denies, professing her love for the lost man. From there the novel really picks up steam. Part is the story set in the 1930s and early 40s that the woman, a Russian actress named Marina, tells the committee. She meets Stalin briefly -- and carnally -- where she learns a secret that she should not know. To save herself, she takes flight, imagining Stalin in pursuit (though we aren't sure if he is or isn't) and in doing so ranges through the Soviet Union. Eventually she reaches Birobidzhan, a Jewish province in Siberia created by Stalin as a political stunt. The novel's second track, in the "present," follows Marina's travails at being targeted by HUAC. That story is told exclusively through the eyes of a Jewish journalist who is increasingly obsessed with Marina, a woman who has never met.
The novel races along at a brisk pace. Halter does excellent work shifting back and forth between stories, all the while keeping the reader in the dark without ever feeling intrusively authorial. The various romances, the mystery and intrigue, as well as the politics, make this a novel that offers something to everyone. An inexpensive and thrilling read, it may not be able to sit on your "shelf" but it will entertain and find a place in your heart.
Halter's novel opens with a woman hauled in front of the HUAC Committee. The usual suspects are all present -- Roy Cohn as duplicitous inquisitor, Nixon appropriately craven and egoistical. The woman's story that she was born in America quickly disintegrates. Instead she is accused of murdering an American spy, a charge she emotionally denies, professing her love for the lost man. From there the novel really picks up steam. Part is the story set in the 1930s and early 40s that the woman, a Russian actress named Marina, tells the committee. She meets Stalin briefly -- and carnally -- where she learns a secret that she should not know. To save herself, she takes flight, imagining Stalin in pursuit (though we aren't sure if he is or isn't) and in doing so ranges through the Soviet Union. Eventually she reaches Birobidzhan, a Jewish province in Siberia created by Stalin as a political stunt. The novel's second track, in the "present," follows Marina's travails at being targeted by HUAC. That story is told exclusively through the eyes of a Jewish journalist who is increasingly obsessed with Marina, a woman who has never met.
The novel races along at a brisk pace. Halter does excellent work shifting back and forth between stories, all the while keeping the reader in the dark without ever feeling intrusively authorial. The various romances, the mystery and intrigue, as well as the politics, make this a novel that offers something to everyone. An inexpensive and thrilling read, it may not be able to sit on your "shelf" but it will entertain and find a place in your heart.
February 18, 2026
Commençons par le positif, justifiant ma note très généreuse : prendre possession de la thématique du Birobidjan, thème aussi méconnu que fascinant, qui plus est à travers une histoire d'espionnage se prêtant totalement au bon vieil imaginaire type romanesque guerre froide sans doute devenu désuet pour les plus jeunes. L'idée est excellente, et tout le milieu du livre se lit d'ailleurs plutôt bien, malgré les clichés, et à partir du moment où on considère qu'ils font partie du jeu. Rien que pour cela, il mérite la moyenne. Pour le reste, l'histoire d'amour, les rebondissements, l'intrigue en elle-même, ne volent pas haut. Le style est lourd, pataud, les longueurs réelles, avec certaines parties franchement inutiles. A chacun de décider s'il veut voir le verre à moitié vide ou plein.
February 20, 2018
Une histoire qui fait voyager à une époque difficile - on (re)découvre l’Histoire et la géographie de la Russie.
October 24, 2022
Nice to discovering Birobidjan and read more about those times. Easy read
August 2, 2024
Sacrée claque
March 24, 2014
Part love story and part spy story, this unusual and original novel by French writer Marek Halter is set partly at the time of McCarthyism in the US and partly slightly earlier in Stalin’s Russia. It opens with young Russian actress Marina being questioned by HUAC (the House Un-American Activities Committee). She is accused of being a spy and of having murdered an OSS agent. Over the next four days she recounts, Scheherazade-like, a story that enthrals the committee much as it does the reader, a tale of politics and purges, survival and passion, tragedy and resilience. From the Kremlin to Birobidzhan, from the Gulag to the prisons of the FBI, this extraordinary adventure would strain credulity more than it does were it not so firmly rooted in fact.
For me, one of the great joys of this novel is how much it informed me about a place I’d never heard of – Birobidzhan. Founded in 1928, it was the Soviet answer to the question of a Jewish homeland and created to solve the dilemma that Soviet Jews posed for Marxist-Leninist ideology. Elevated to the status of Jewish Autonomous Region in 1934, it was at least at first supported by Stalin. It still exists, although few Jews live there now. This review is not the place to go into the subject in detail, but there is plenty of information available on the internet. Marek Halter himself visited Birobidzhan in 2011 and was so struck by what he saw that as well as writing this novel he made a documentary film, called Birobidzhan, Birobidzhan, which is available on YouTube and is absolutely fascinating.
So this book has pretty much everything – a gripping story, a fact-based and intriguing background, a real sense of history and historical characters (there’s a nice cameo of Nixon), and if at times some of the incidents do seem a little far-fetched, and the narrative sometimes descends into cliché, this can be forgiven as on the whole it really is an absorbing and engaging read.
What can’t be forgiven is the English translation. Originally published as “L’inconnue de Birobidzhan” in France and translated from the French by Anna Declerck, it is difficult to know without reading the original how faithful she has been to the text. But I’m pretty sure that Americanisms such as “station-stop”, “ahold”, “gotten” don’t have a place in a literary novel. And it’s surprising how many people “snigger” – they do it all the way through the book. Certainly some of the less felicitous writing must be down to Halter himself and his writing becomes very Mills & Boon at times, with passages such as “Her voice…with a kind of tender vibrato like a chord played on a cello.” And lots of hair that constantly “cascades” down, always accompanied by “dazzling” smiles. Halter is also guilty of some clumsy exposition. One character, when mentioning the Lubyanka, feels impelled to explain that it’s the HQ of the NKVD, a fact that would have been self-evident to the people he’s talking to. It’s a pity an observant editor couldn’t have tidied up the text a bit.
Nevertheless, not everyone is as picky and pedantic as me, so I must reiterate that this is a really interesting and suspenseful novel, and one that deserves a wide readership. I wish it well.
For me, one of the great joys of this novel is how much it informed me about a place I’d never heard of – Birobidzhan. Founded in 1928, it was the Soviet answer to the question of a Jewish homeland and created to solve the dilemma that Soviet Jews posed for Marxist-Leninist ideology. Elevated to the status of Jewish Autonomous Region in 1934, it was at least at first supported by Stalin. It still exists, although few Jews live there now. This review is not the place to go into the subject in detail, but there is plenty of information available on the internet. Marek Halter himself visited Birobidzhan in 2011 and was so struck by what he saw that as well as writing this novel he made a documentary film, called Birobidzhan, Birobidzhan, which is available on YouTube and is absolutely fascinating.
So this book has pretty much everything – a gripping story, a fact-based and intriguing background, a real sense of history and historical characters (there’s a nice cameo of Nixon), and if at times some of the incidents do seem a little far-fetched, and the narrative sometimes descends into cliché, this can be forgiven as on the whole it really is an absorbing and engaging read.
What can’t be forgiven is the English translation. Originally published as “L’inconnue de Birobidzhan” in France and translated from the French by Anna Declerck, it is difficult to know without reading the original how faithful she has been to the text. But I’m pretty sure that Americanisms such as “station-stop”, “ahold”, “gotten” don’t have a place in a literary novel. And it’s surprising how many people “snigger” – they do it all the way through the book. Certainly some of the less felicitous writing must be down to Halter himself and his writing becomes very Mills & Boon at times, with passages such as “Her voice…with a kind of tender vibrato like a chord played on a cello.” And lots of hair that constantly “cascades” down, always accompanied by “dazzling” smiles. Halter is also guilty of some clumsy exposition. One character, when mentioning the Lubyanka, feels impelled to explain that it’s the HQ of the NKVD, a fact that would have been self-evident to the people he’s talking to. It’s a pity an observant editor couldn’t have tidied up the text a bit.
Nevertheless, not everyone is as picky and pedantic as me, so I must reiterate that this is a really interesting and suspenseful novel, and one that deserves a wide readership. I wish it well.
August 8, 2014
An intriguing love story, set in both the United States in the McCarthy era and in Russia during the Second World War, the novel centres around the investigation by the HUAC (House UN-American Activities) Committee into the death of an OSS agent, Michael Apron. The woman accused of his murder is Marina, a Russian actress who, over the course of the proceedings reveals her one night involvement with Stalin, her subsequent flight from him to Birobidzhan, which Stalin had designated a Jewish state. There, Marina meets Michael, a doctor, and the two become lovers. The author does an excellent job of keeping the reader in suspense, wondering if Marina is telling the truth or if she, consummate actress that she is, is deceiving her audience. He also paints a vivid picture of the unpleasantness of the committee, determined to punish a woman whom it believes to be a communist spy, as well as the fear that existed in Russia under Stalin. It is thanks to this novel, and from subsequent information from the internet, that I learned that Birobidzhan really exists. Created in the 1920s, it was a refuge for Jews fleeing persecution from the Nazis. It is a thriving region to this day and, although the Jews living there account for only a small part of the population, their culture is vibrant.
January 18, 2015
J'ai bataillé pour atteindre les 150 pages. Jamais je n'ai lu un bouquin dans lequel un mot (quelconque) revient aussi souvent : les Juifs!
Dans chacune des pages l'auteur rappelait à la fois leur supériorité et persécution. Extrait : "Comme on détestait les Juifs par habitude. Mais les Juifs, ce n'était personne en particulier. C'était seulement la fureur de voir des hommes et des femmes réussir là ou l'on réussissait moins. De les voir puissants quand on ne l'était pas."
L'histoire relatée jusque là ou je me suis arrêtée n'était pas captivante. Le style n'étant pas exceptionnel non plus, je n'ai eu aucune envie de terminer le livre, encore moins en lire d'autres du même auteur.
Dans chacune des pages l'auteur rappelait à la fois leur supériorité et persécution. Extrait : "Comme on détestait les Juifs par habitude. Mais les Juifs, ce n'était personne en particulier. C'était seulement la fureur de voir des hommes et des femmes réussir là ou l'on réussissait moins. De les voir puissants quand on ne l'était pas."
L'histoire relatée jusque là ou je me suis arrêtée n'était pas captivante. Le style n'étant pas exceptionnel non plus, je n'ai eu aucune envie de terminer le livre, encore moins en lire d'autres du même auteur.
November 11, 2013
Una storia emozionante e commovente in cui la bella Marina Andreieva Guseiev si trova schiacciata nell'ingranaggio della storia, nel periodo terribile della seconda guerra mondiale e dell'oppressione di Stalin in Unione Sovietica fino agli anni dei sospetti e veleni del Maccartismo. In questo libro si intrecciano a perfezione molti temi diversi, dall'amore all'identità, alle vicende intressanti e a me sconosciute della regione ebraica del Birobidjan.
April 18, 2013
Quattro stelline e mezzo.
Un thriller giuridico che si muove sul dietro le quinte dei teatri sovietici, sul dietro le quinte di una storia d'amore e soprattutto sul dietro le quinte di una Storia che nei suoi dettagli di vita non conosceremo mai abbastanza.
Avrei lasciato il titolo originale: La sconosciuta del Birobidjan
Un thriller giuridico che si muove sul dietro le quinte dei teatri sovietici, sul dietro le quinte di una storia d'amore e soprattutto sul dietro le quinte di una Storia che nei suoi dettagli di vita non conosceremo mai abbastanza.
Avrei lasciato il titolo originale: La sconosciuta del Birobidjan
July 23, 2013
Una vicenda bellissima e appassionante con una ricostruzione storica accurata ma un'ambientazione poco caratterizzata e un ritmo narrativo che mi ha lasciata un po' indifferente.
Peccato, un'ottima occasione mancata.
Detta banalmente: avrebbe potuto raccontare la stessa storia in 130 pagine e saremmo stati tutti più contenti!
Peccato, un'ottima occasione mancata.
Detta banalmente: avrebbe potuto raccontare la stessa storia in 130 pagine e saremmo stati tutti più contenti!
March 1, 2014
A thriling historical novel a spy thriller a love story &a lost city where Jews were able to live during the Nazi era safely.
Who is Marina why is she considered a spy by the house on American activities &maybe a murderers.why did she pretend to be a Jew&take refuge in this lost city &what is her connection to Michael Apron.
Who is Marina why is she considered a spy by the house on American activities &maybe a murderers.why did she pretend to be a Jew&take refuge in this lost city &what is her connection to Michael Apron.
August 26, 2015
The Birbodzhan Affair is thrilling, gripping and entertaining. I couldn't put it down.
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