Yuri Druzhnikov

• Feb-2003
• / Historical
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In this contemporary Russian classic, a samizdat document arrives at a Soviet newspaper headquarters with unimaginable consequences.
Angels on the Head of a Pin is set in Moscow in the late 1960s, at a time when Khrushchev-era liberalization is ...

• Apr-2004
• / Literary
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A moving and ambitious novel, this story concerns an exiled Soviet musician who finds himself back in his homeland and drawn to his hometown -- and the secret of his father’s disappearance during World War II. Gifted young violinist Oleg Nemets' ...

• Jun-2006
• / Literary
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The picaresque story of 96-year-old Lily Bourbon, who marries her way from prostitute to Poet Laureate in the USSR and finds a new life in the U.S.Lily was a beautiful young prostitute recruited by the Bolsheviks to service the Communist elite. As a ...

• Jul-2007
• / General Fiction
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Short fiction from one of the great contemporary Russian writers. In this heartfelt collection of stories, life in Russia is vividly described -- both before and after the collapse of Communism -- as well as the plight of Russian emigres in t...