Good citizens need not fear
Reva, Maria2020
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A bureaucratic glitch omits an entire building, along with its residents, from municipal records. So begins Reva's ingeniously intertwined narratives, nine stories which span the chaotic years leading up to and immediately following the fall of the Soviet Union. But even as the benighted denizens of 1933 Ivansk Street weather the official neglect of the increasingly powerless authorities, they devise ingenious ways to survive. In 'Bone Music', an agoraphobic recluse survives by selling contraband LPs, mapping the vinyl grooves of illegal Western records into stolen x-ray film. A delusional secret service agent in 'Letter of Apology' becomes convinced he's being covertly recruited to guard Lenin's tomb, just as his parents, not seen since he was a small child, supposedly were. Weaving the narratives together is the unforgettable, chameleon-like Zaya: a cleft-lipped orphan in 'Little Rabbit', a beauty-pageant crasher in 'Miss USSR', a sadist-for-hire to the Eastern bloc's newly minted oligarchs in 'Homecoming'.
Main title:
Good citizens need not fear / Maria Reva.
Author:
Reva, Maria, author
Imprint:
London : Virago, 2020.©2020
Collation:
212 pages ; 22 cm.
ISBN:
9780349012698 (paperback)
Dewey class:
C813.6
Language:
English
Subject:
Neighbors -- FictionApartment houses -- Ukraine -- FictionIdentity (Psychology) -- FictionChange (Psychology) -- FictionSocial change -- Ukraine -- FictionUkraine -- Economic conditions -- 1991- -- FictionUkraine -- Social conditions -- 20th century -- FictionUkraine -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- FictionSatirical fictionHumorous fictionShort stories
BRN:
364818
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brighton Library | Adult Fiction - General | REVA | Available |