The Time of Women (ePub)
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Life is not easy in the Soviet Union at mid-20 th century, especially for a factory worker who becomes an unwed mother. But Antonina is lucky to get a room in a communal apartment that she and her little girl share with three elderly women.
Glikeria is a daughter of former serfs. Ariadna comes from a wealthy family and speaks French. Yevdokia is illiterate and bitter. All have lost their families, all are deeply traditional, and all become "grannies" to little Suzanna.
Only they secretly name her Sofia. And just as secretly they impart to her the history of her country as they experienced it: the Revolution, the early days of the Soviet Union, the blockade and starvation of World War II.
The little girl responds by drawing beautiful pictures, but she is mute. If the authorities find out she will be taken from her home and sent to an institution.
When Antonina falls desperately ill, the grannies are faced with the reality of losing the little girl they love - a stepfather can be found before it is too late. And for that, they need a miracle.
Russian Booker Prize 2009
Shortlist Russian Booker Prize 2003, 2005
Severnaya Palmira 2001
Award Journal Zvezda 2001
Elena Chizhova, a former economist, teacher and entrepreneur, finally turned to writing in 1996 after being rescued from a burning cruise ship. Since that time she has been consumed by the need to write, and has enjoyed considerable success as a result. Chizhova's prose shuns trickery in favour of emotional honesty in order to probe the weeping sores of Russian history that contemporary culture would sooner forget.
Chizhova was born in 1957 in Leningrad, the city which provides the setting for her award-winning novel, The Time of Women, about the secret culture of resistance and remembrance amongst the mothers, grandmothers, aunts and daughters of Russia. Chizhova is the director of the local PEN centre in St. Petersburg.
- Autor: Elena Chizhova
- 2018, 270 Seiten, Englisch
- Übersetzer: Simon Patterson, Nina Chordas
- Verlag: Glagoslav Publications B.V.
- ISBN-10: 190915623X
- ISBN-13: 9781909156234
- Erscheinungsdatum: 01.01.2018
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