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“Memory is a capricious and unreliable thing, but without it, we are nothing.” Chapter 1: The Professor’s World The novel opens with Pavel Kukotsky, a renowned gynecologist in […]
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“The truth is always simple, but people complicate it.” The novel Daniel Stein, Interpreter by Lyudmila Ulitskaya follows the life of Daniel Stein, a Polish Jew who survives […]
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The Big Green Tent
“Memory is the only paradise from which we cannot be expelled.” Part One: Childhood and Early Bonds The novel opens in post-Stalinist Moscow, introducing three boys—Ilya, Mikha, and […]