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In Memory of Memory
In Memory of Memory
Author: Maria Stepanova, Sasha Dugdale (Translator)
An exploration of life at the margins of history from one of Russia’s most exciting contemporary writers — With the death of her aunt, the narrator is left to sift through an apartment full of faded photographs, old postcards, letters, diaries, and heaps of souvenirs: a withered repository of a century of life in Russia. Ca...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780811228831
ISBN-10: 0811228835
Publication Date: 2/9/2021
Pages: 400
Edition: Translation
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Publisher: New Directions
Book Type: Paperback
Members Wishing: 5
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At the end of it all, In Memory of Memory by Maria Stepanova feels like watching a kaleidoscope of images, which sometimes come together to form a larger image and sometimes remain scattered. The colors and patterns are lovely but ever-changing. In many ways, I suppose that is the intent. As a reader, the individual images are beautiful, but I am left wanting a context and an understanding to put those images into context.

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