There Once Lived a Girl Who Seduced Her Sister's Husband, And He Hanged Himself: Love Stories

There Once Lived a Girl Who Seduced Her Sister's Husband, And He Hanged Himself: Love Stories

Summary

In these dark, dreamlike love stories with a twist, Ludmilla Petrushevskaya tells of strange encounters in claustrophobic communal apartments, ill-fated holiday romances, office trysts, schoolgirl crushes, tentative courtships, rampant infidelity, tender devotion and terrifying madness. By turns sly and sweet, earthy and sublime, these fables of flawed love blend black humour and macabre spectacle with transformative moments of grace.

Reviews

  • One of Russia's best living writers ... her tales inhabit a borderline between this world and the next
    The New York Times

About the author

Ludmilla Petrushevskaya

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