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The New Adventures of Helen - Magical Tales by Ludmilla Petrushevskaya; Jane Bugaeva (Translator)
$29.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
"One of Russia's best living writers . . . Her tales inhabit a borderline between this world and the next." --The New York Times At first glance, the stories in The New Adventures of Helen seems simple, even child-like, but a deep reading reveals satire and darkness manifested through classic fairy tal ...Show more
There Once Lived a Girl Who Seduced Her Sister's Husband, and He Hanged Himself: Love Stories by Ludmilla Petrushevskaya
$24.99 AUD
Category: Fiction | Series: Penguin Modern Classics Ser.
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 ...Show more
There Once Lived a Mother Who Loved Her Children, Until They Moved Back In: Three Novellas About Family by Ludmilla Petrushevskaya
$24.99 AUD
Category: Fiction | Series: Penguin Modern Classics
Here are attempts at human connection, both depraved and sublime, and the grinding struggle to survive against the crushing realities of the Soviet system: in Among Friends, a doting mother commits an atrocious act against her beloved son in an attempt to secure his future; The Time: Night examines the ...Show more
There Once Lived a Woman Who Tried to Kill Her Neighbour's Baby - Scary Fairy Tales by Ludmilla Petrushevskaya
$29.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
A woman finds herself filling a pit in the forest in the middle of the night; a family lock each other in their bedrooms to battle a strange plague; a wizard punishes two beautiful ballerinas by turning them into one hugely fat circus performer; a colonel is warned not to lift the veil from his dead wif ...Show more
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