Results for "Ufberg, Ross"

Love in Defiance of Pain: Ukrainian Stories aims to bring the riches of contemporary Ukrainian literature-and of contemporary Ukraine, too--to the world. While Ukraine is under sustained attack, many in the West have marveled at the nation's strength in the face of a barbaric invasion. Who are the... Read More about Love in Defiance of Pain: Ukrainian Stories

A scathing satire and a tragicomic look at the poorest - and drunkest - country in Europe.... Read More about The Good Life Elsewhere

In an abridged translation that retains the grace and passion of the original, Klots and Ufberg present the stunning memoir of a young woman who became an actress in the Gulag. Tamara Petkevich had a relatively privileged childhood in the beautiful, impoverished Petrograd of the Soviet regime’s earl... Read More about Memoir of a Gulag Actress

Marek Hlasko's literary autobiography is a vivid, first-hand account of the life of a young writer in 1950s Poland and a fascinating portrait of the ultimately short-lived rebel generation. Told in a voice suffused with grit and morbid humor, Hlasko's memoir was a classic of its time. In it he recou... Read More about Beautiful Twentysomethings

Marek Hlasko's literary autobiography is a vivid, first-hand account of the life of a young writer in 1950s Poland and a fascinating portrait of the ultimately short-lived rebel generation. Told in a voice suffused with grit and morbid humor, Hlasko's memoir was a classic of its time. In it he recou... Read More about Beautiful Twentysomethings