Collection: LOTE - Russian Collection

"Korotkie-to oni korotkie, no za kazhdoĭ--udivitelʹnai︠a︡ sudʹba, poluzabytyĭ istoricheskiĭ fakt, dneĭ starinnykh anekdot ili kakai︠a︡-nibudʹ "vechnai︠a︡" problema. Avtor perenosit chitateli︠a︡ iz ėpokhi v ėpokhu, iz odnoĭ tochki planety v drugui︠u︡, i vsi︠u︡du interesno, i vsi︠u︡du estʹ, ...

The Funeral Party is set in August 1991. In a sweltering New York City apartment, a group of Russian emigres gathers round the deathbed of an artist named Alik, a charismatic character beloved by them all, especially the women who take turns nursing him as he fades from this world. Their reminisc...