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袣褌芯 薪械 褋褌芯褟谢 褉褟写芯屑 褋 褝褌芯泄 褔械褉薪芯泄 写褘褉芯泄 - 褍褏芯写芯屑 谢褞斜懈屑芯谐芯 褔械谢芯胁械泻邪? 袚芯褉械褔褜, 褋褌褉邪褏, 芯褌褔邪褟薪懈械, 薪械胁芯蟹屑芯卸薪芯褋褌褜 锌褉懈屑懈褉械薪懈褟 褋 褝褌懈屑 薪械锌褉械谢芯卸薪褘屑 蟹邪泻芯薪芯屑 卸懈蟹薪懈: 胁褋械 卸懈胁芯械 褍屑懈褉邪械褌. 校褏芯写褟褖懈械 谢褞写懈 胁械写褍褌 褋械斜褟 锌芯-褉邪蟹薪芯屑褍: 屑褍卸械褋褌胁械薪薪芯 懈谢懈 褌褉褍褋谢懈胁芯, 薪邪褏芯写褟 胁 褋械斜械 褋懈谢褘 褋芯褏褉邪薪褟褌褜 写芯褋褌芯懈薪褋褌胁芯 懈谢懈, 薪械 懈屑械褟 械谐芯, 写芯褋褌邪胁谢褟褌褜 写芯锌芯谢薪懈褌械谢褜薪褘械 褋褌褉邪写邪薪懈褟 斜谢懈卸薪懈屑...
协褌芯 懈褋褌芯褉懈褟 芯 褔械谢芯胁械泻械, 褋写械谢邪胁褕械屑 胁褋械 胁芯蟹屑芯卸薪芯械, 褔褌芯斜褘 锌芯褋谢械 械谐芯 褍褏芯写邪 芯褋褌邪谢邪褋褜 薪械 褔械褉薪邪褟 写褘褉邪 芯褌褔邪褟薪懈褟, 邪 邪褌屑芯褋褎械褉邪 锌褉懈屑懈褉械薪薪芯褋褌懈 懈 谢褞斜胁懈. 孝邪泻 斜褘胁邪械褌 - 褟 褝褌芯 褋胁懈写械褌械谢褜褋褌胁褍褞...
- 袥.校谢懈褑泻邪褟
协褌芯 懈褋褌芯褉懈褟 芯 褔械谢芯胁械泻械, 褋写械谢邪胁褕械屑 胁褋械 胁芯蟹屑芯卸薪芯械, 褔褌芯斜褘 锌芯褋谢械 械谐芯 褍褏芯写邪 芯褋褌邪谢邪褋褜 薪械 褔械褉薪邪褟 写褘褉邪 芯褌褔邪褟薪懈褟, 邪 邪褌屑芯褋褎械褉邪 锌褉懈屑懈褉械薪薪芯褋褌懈 懈 谢褞斜胁懈. 孝邪泻 斜褘胁邪械褌 - 褟 褝褌芯 褋胁懈写械褌械谢褜褋褌胁褍褞...
- 袥.校谢懈褑泻邪褟
286 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1999
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Lyudmila Ulitskaya
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Lyudmila Ulitskaya is a critically acclaimed modern Russian novelist and short-story writer. She was born in the town of Davlekanovo in Bashkiria in 1943. She grew up in Moscow where she studied biology at the Moscow State University.
Having worked in the field of genetics and biochemistry, Ulitskaya began her literary career by joining the Jewish drama theatre as a literary consultant. She was the author of two movie scripts produced in the early 1990s 鈥� The Liberty Sisters (小械褋褌褉懈褔泻懈 袥懈斜械褉褌懈, 1990) and A Woman for All (袞械薪褖懈薪邪 写谢褟 胁褋械褏, 1991).
Ulitskaya's first novel Sonechka (小芯薪械褔泻邪) published in Novy Mir in 1992 almost immediately became extremely popular, and was shortlisted for the Russian Booker Award. Nowadays her works are much admired by the reading public and critics in Russia and many other countries. Her works have been translated into several languages and received several international and Russian literary awards, including the Russian Booker for Kukotsky's Case (2001). Lyudmila Ulitskaya currently resides in Moscow. Ulitskaya's works have been translated into many foreign languages. In Germany her novels have been added to bestseller list thanks to features of her works in a television program hosted by literary critic Elke Heidenreich.
Lyudmila Ulitskaya is a critically acclaimed modern Russian novelist and short-story writer. She was born in the town of Davlekanovo in Bashkiria in 1943. She grew up in Moscow where she studied biology at the Moscow State University.
Having worked in the field of genetics and biochemistry, Ulitskaya began her literary career by joining the Jewish drama theatre as a literary consultant. She was the author of two movie scripts produced in the early 1990s 鈥� The Liberty Sisters (小械褋褌褉懈褔泻懈 袥懈斜械褉褌懈, 1990) and A Woman for All (袞械薪褖懈薪邪 写谢褟 胁褋械褏, 1991).
Ulitskaya's first novel Sonechka (小芯薪械褔泻邪) published in Novy Mir in 1992 almost immediately became extremely popular, and was shortlisted for the Russian Booker Award. Nowadays her works are much admired by the reading public and critics in Russia and many other countries. Her works have been translated into several languages and received several international and Russian literary awards, including the Russian Booker for Kukotsky's Case (2001). Lyudmila Ulitskaya currently resides in Moscow. Ulitskaya's works have been translated into many foreign languages. In Germany her novels have been added to bestseller list thanks to features of her works in a television program hosted by literary critic Elke Heidenreich.
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April 14, 2017
Something unusual occurred to me as I was turning the pages of this novel: I was basking in the simple, unflowery storytelling, relishing the tenderness that the oddly arranged mosaic of characters arose in me, and devouring page after page in spite of having figured out exactly where and when the pieces of the disarranged puzzle of facts, timelines and crisscrossed stories would inevitably converge. Solving the key aspects of the plot didn鈥檛 diminish the glee of savoring a book that couldn鈥檛 have been improved in any way. Every word counted, every brief digression polished the rough edges of a rather austere prose, every sketchy scene added layers of meaning that didn鈥檛 need to be fully articulated because there were vast universes to be found in Luydmila鈥檚 tribute to life, death and love.
Everything in this book happens between the lines.
Greenwish village, New York. Alik is an emigrated Russian painter who sees the last days of his life ebbing away due to a degenerative illness that has him prostrated in bed. Surrounded by a weird assortment of acquaintances and close friends, doctors and quacks, wife and lovers, in his scruffy hovel, he cherishes every second he has left, feeling deeply grateful for the little time he鈥檚 been granted to reconcile past mistakes that could have changed the lives of those he loves from afar.
The occasion of Alik鈥檚 dying becomes a meeting point for exiles, expatriated, rampant eccentrics, a Catholic priest and a rabbi, all of whom find common comfort in their sincere appreciation for the moribund man, transforming quite unexpectedly a funeral into a spontaneous party that celebrates the existence of art, music and life. It also provides the opportunity Alik has unknowingly been waiting for; his last chance to put into words what he鈥檚 kept silent for too many years.
What is it that makes a person impossible to resist?
How can one explain the magnetic pull, the charisma that surrounds certain people? Alik manages to build a family, as unorthodox as it may be, wherever he is. He might seek solitude sometimes, but is never lonely. Women flutter around him like moths to a flame, burning themselves to death, setting the different stages of Alik鈥檚 life.
It鈥檚 precisely through Luydmilla鈥檚 portrayal of these female characters that the reader gets to know the painter鈥檚 boundless capacity to love everything and everybody, to realize that his cup overflows with passion, with vitality, with a captivating zest for life, that his expansive personality is so contagious that he becomes the sun others can鈥檛 help but orbit around.
But who is Alik鈥檚 most precious star?
As the last vestiges of the Soviet Union crumble down and Alik鈥檚 following watch the historical events unfold on his TV, he closes his eyes slowly, hearing the soothing background commotion, and finally allows the wondrous tide of warmth to engulf him into placid oblivion. In his mind, he mutters the name of his true love. In his lips flickers the smile of an innocent child, and this reader closes the book and stares at the wall for a while, seeing everything very clearly.
Everything in this book happens between the lines.
Greenwish village, New York. Alik is an emigrated Russian painter who sees the last days of his life ebbing away due to a degenerative illness that has him prostrated in bed. Surrounded by a weird assortment of acquaintances and close friends, doctors and quacks, wife and lovers, in his scruffy hovel, he cherishes every second he has left, feeling deeply grateful for the little time he鈥檚 been granted to reconcile past mistakes that could have changed the lives of those he loves from afar.
The occasion of Alik鈥檚 dying becomes a meeting point for exiles, expatriated, rampant eccentrics, a Catholic priest and a rabbi, all of whom find common comfort in their sincere appreciation for the moribund man, transforming quite unexpectedly a funeral into a spontaneous party that celebrates the existence of art, music and life. It also provides the opportunity Alik has unknowingly been waiting for; his last chance to put into words what he鈥檚 kept silent for too many years.
What is it that makes a person impossible to resist?
How can one explain the magnetic pull, the charisma that surrounds certain people? Alik manages to build a family, as unorthodox as it may be, wherever he is. He might seek solitude sometimes, but is never lonely. Women flutter around him like moths to a flame, burning themselves to death, setting the different stages of Alik鈥檚 life.
It鈥檚 precisely through Luydmilla鈥檚 portrayal of these female characters that the reader gets to know the painter鈥檚 boundless capacity to love everything and everybody, to realize that his cup overflows with passion, with vitality, with a captivating zest for life, that his expansive personality is so contagious that he becomes the sun others can鈥檛 help but orbit around.
But who is Alik鈥檚 most precious star?
As the last vestiges of the Soviet Union crumble down and Alik鈥檚 following watch the historical events unfold on his TV, he closes his eyes slowly, hearing the soothing background commotion, and finally allows the wondrous tide of warmth to engulf him into placid oblivion. In his mind, he mutters the name of his true love. In his lips flickers the smile of an innocent child, and this reader closes the book and stares at the wall for a while, seeing everything very clearly.
March 26, 2024
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丿丕爻鬲丕賳 禺丕賳賲 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 丕夭 噩丕蹖蹖 丌睾丕夭 賲蹖 卮賵丿 讴賴 丿賵爻鬲丕賳 賵 丌卮賳丕蹖丕賳 賮乇丿蹖 讴賴 丿乇 丌爻鬲丕賳賴 賲乇诏 丕爻鬲 亘賴 禺丕賳賴 丕賵 賲蹖 丌蹖賳丿 . 丕賵賱蹖鬲爻讴丕蹖丕 丕蹖賳 诏賵賳賴 乇丕亘胤賴 丕賮乇丕丿 賲禺鬲賱賮 亘丕 賮乇丿 乇賵 亘賴 賲賵鬲 乇丕 亘蹖丕賳 讴乇丿賴 賵 夭賳丿诏蹖 丌賳丕賳 丿乇 乇賵爻蹖賴 乇丕 賴賲 卮乇丨 賲禺鬲氐乇蹖 賲蹖 丿賴丿 . 丕賵 丕蹖賳 诏賵賳賴 禺賵丕賳賳丿賴 乇丕 賴賲 亘丕 賲丨蹖胤 賲賴丕噩乇丕賳 賵 賴賲 亘丕 夭賳丿诏蹖 诏匕卮鬲賴 丌賳丕賳 丌卮賳丕 賲蹖 讴賳丿 . 亘蹖卮鬲乇 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 丕賵 丿乇 丌倬丕乇鬲賲丕賳 賮乇丿 賲丨鬲囟乇 賲蹖 诏匕乇丿 貙 丌倬丕乇鬲賲丕賳蹖 讴賴 囟蹖丕賮鬲蹖 亘乇丕蹖 賲乇诏 蹖丕 賴賲丕賳 鬲丿賮蹖賳 倬丕乇鬲蹖 乇丕 亘賴 禺丕胤乇 禺賵丕賳賳丿賴 賲蹖 丌賵乇丿 . 丕蹖賳 诏賵賳賴 丕賮乇丕丿蹖 讴賴 亘丿賵賳 丿毓賵鬲 賵 亘乇丕蹖 禺丿丕丨丕賮馗蹖 丌禺乇 亘賴 丌賳 噩丕 丌賲丿賴 丕賳丿 貙 乇賮鬲賳 丕賵 亘賴 爻賵蹖 賲乇诏 乇丕 賳馗丕乇賴 賲蹖 讴賳賳丿 .
丕乇睾賵丕賳賲 丌賳 噩丕爻鬲 貙 丕乇睾賵丕賳賲 鬲賳賴丕爻鬲 ...
丕賲丕 賳賲蹖 鬲賵丕賳 讴鬲丕亘 丕賵賱蹖鬲爻讴丕蹖丕 乇丕 鬲賳賴丕 賲丨丿賵丿 賵 賲乇亘賵胤 亘賴 蹖讴 鬲丿賮蹖賳 倬丕乇鬲蹖 丿丕賳爻鬲 . 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 丕賵 賴賲夭賲丕賳 卮丿賴 亘丕 爻賯賵胤 乇跇蹖賲 讴賲賵賳蹖爻鬲蹖 賵 乇跇賴 鬲丕賳讴 賴丕 丿乇 賲爻讴賵 . 丕丨爻丕爻丕鬲蹖 讴賴 乇賵爻賴丕蹖 賲賴丕噩乇 亘賴 丕賵囟丕毓 倬乇蹖卮丕賳 賵胤賳 丿丕乇賳丿 鬲乇讴蹖亘蹖 丕夭 丿賱鬲賳诏蹖 賵 鬲讴丿乇 丕爻鬲 . 賵胤賳蹖 讴賴 亘丕 丌賳賴丕 趩賳丿丕賳 賲賴乇亘丕賳 賴賲 賳亘賵丿賴 . 卮丕蹖丿 亘鬲賵丕賳 丕蹖賳 诏賵賳賴 賳鬲蹖噩賴 诏乇賮鬲 讴賴 賴丿賮 丕賵賱蹖鬲爻讴丕蹖丕 賳卮丕賳 丿丕丿賳 丿賵 囟蹖丕賮鬲 賲乇诏 亘賵丿賴 貙 賴賲 賲乇诏 丌賱蹖讴 賵 賴賲 賲乇诏 賵胤賳 .
鬲丿賮蹖賳 倬丕乇鬲蹖 乇丕 丕诏乇趩賴 賳賲蹖 鬲賵丕賳 蹖讴 卮丕賴讴丕乇 丿丕賳爻鬲 貙 丕賲丕 丌賳 乇丕 亘賴 禺丕胤乇 胤蹖賮 賵爻蹖毓蹖 丕夭 丕丨爻丕爻丕鬲 讴賴 丕賱亘鬲賴 亘蹖卮鬲乇 亘乇丕蹖 賲丕 丌卮賳丕 賴爻鬲賳丿 亘丕蹖丿 爻鬲賵丿 .
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賲丕賳賳丿 讴鬲丕亘 趩丕丿乇 爻亘夭 亘夭乇诏 貙 卮禺氐蹖鬲 賴丕蹖 讴鬲丕亘 丕賵賱蹖鬲爻讴丕蹖丕 貙 亘蹖卮鬲乇 蹖賴賵丿蹖丕賳 乇賵爻 賴爻鬲賳丿 讴賴 亘賴 丿蹖賳 賵 丌蹖蹖賳 禺賵丿 丕毓鬲賯丕丿蹖 趩賳丿丕賳 賳丿丕乇賳丿 . 丌賳丕賳 賴賲 賲丕賳賳丿 亘蹖卮鬲乇 賲賴丕噩乇丕賳 貙 丿爻鬲 讴賲 丿乇 爻丕賱 賴丕蹖 丕賵賱 賳鬲賵丕賳爻鬲賴 丕賳丿 亘丕 噩丕賲毓賴 賲蹖夭亘丕賳 貙 丕乇鬲亘丕胤 趩賳丿丕賳蹖 亘诏蹖乇賳丿 貙 丕夭 丕蹖賳 乇賵 丿乇 丿賱 噩丕賲毓賴 丌賲乇蹖讴丕 貙 丕噩鬲賲丕毓 禺賵丿 貙 蹖毓賳蹖 噩丕賲毓賴 乇賵爻賴丕蹖 賲賴丕噩乇 乇丕 爻丕禺鬲賴 丕賳丿 . 丕蹖賳 诏乇賵賴 賲賴丕噩乇 貙 賲毓賲賵賱丕 丨乇賮賴 賵 讴丕乇 丿乇爻鬲蹖 賳丿丕乇賳丿 賵 乇夭賯 丨丿丕賯賱蹖 禺賵丿 乇丕 亘丕 讴丕乇賴丕蹖蹖 賲丕賳賳丿 賳賲丕蹖卮 貙 爻蹖乇讴 賵 蹖丕 賳賯丕卮蹖 丿乇 倬丕乇讴 亘賴 丿爻鬲 賲蹖 丌賵乇賳丿 .
丿丕爻鬲丕賳 禺丕賳賲 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 丕夭 噩丕蹖蹖 丌睾丕夭 賲蹖 卮賵丿 讴賴 丿賵爻鬲丕賳 賵 丌卮賳丕蹖丕賳 賮乇丿蹖 讴賴 丿乇 丌爻鬲丕賳賴 賲乇诏 丕爻鬲 亘賴 禺丕賳賴 丕賵 賲蹖 丌蹖賳丿 . 丕賵賱蹖鬲爻讴丕蹖丕 丕蹖賳 诏賵賳賴 乇丕亘胤賴 丕賮乇丕丿 賲禺鬲賱賮 亘丕 賮乇丿 乇賵 亘賴 賲賵鬲 乇丕 亘蹖丕賳 讴乇丿賴 賵 夭賳丿诏蹖 丌賳丕賳 丿乇 乇賵爻蹖賴 乇丕 賴賲 卮乇丨 賲禺鬲氐乇蹖 賲蹖 丿賴丿 . 丕賵 丕蹖賳 诏賵賳賴 禺賵丕賳賳丿賴 乇丕 賴賲 亘丕 賲丨蹖胤 賲賴丕噩乇丕賳 賵 賴賲 亘丕 夭賳丿诏蹖 诏匕卮鬲賴 丌賳丕賳 丌卮賳丕 賲蹖 讴賳丿 . 亘蹖卮鬲乇 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 丕賵 丿乇 丌倬丕乇鬲賲丕賳 賮乇丿 賲丨鬲囟乇 賲蹖 诏匕乇丿 貙 丌倬丕乇鬲賲丕賳蹖 讴賴 囟蹖丕賮鬲蹖 亘乇丕蹖 賲乇诏 蹖丕 賴賲丕賳 鬲丿賮蹖賳 倬丕乇鬲蹖 乇丕 亘賴 禺丕胤乇 禺賵丕賳賳丿賴 賲蹖 丌賵乇丿 . 丕蹖賳 诏賵賳賴 丕賮乇丕丿蹖 讴賴 亘丿賵賳 丿毓賵鬲 賵 亘乇丕蹖 禺丿丕丨丕賮馗蹖 丌禺乇 亘賴 丌賳 噩丕 丌賲丿賴 丕賳丿 貙 乇賮鬲賳 丕賵 亘賴 爻賵蹖 賲乇诏 乇丕 賳馗丕乇賴 賲蹖 讴賳賳丿 .
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丕賲丕 賳賲蹖 鬲賵丕賳 讴鬲丕亘 丕賵賱蹖鬲爻讴丕蹖丕 乇丕 鬲賳賴丕 賲丨丿賵丿 賵 賲乇亘賵胤 亘賴 蹖讴 鬲丿賮蹖賳 倬丕乇鬲蹖 丿丕賳爻鬲 . 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 丕賵 賴賲夭賲丕賳 卮丿賴 亘丕 爻賯賵胤 乇跇蹖賲 讴賲賵賳蹖爻鬲蹖 賵 乇跇賴 鬲丕賳讴 賴丕 丿乇 賲爻讴賵 . 丕丨爻丕爻丕鬲蹖 讴賴 乇賵爻賴丕蹖 賲賴丕噩乇 亘賴 丕賵囟丕毓 倬乇蹖卮丕賳 賵胤賳 丿丕乇賳丿 鬲乇讴蹖亘蹖 丕夭 丿賱鬲賳诏蹖 賵 鬲讴丿乇 丕爻鬲 . 賵胤賳蹖 讴賴 亘丕 丌賳賴丕 趩賳丿丕賳 賲賴乇亘丕賳 賴賲 賳亘賵丿賴 . 卮丕蹖丿 亘鬲賵丕賳 丕蹖賳 诏賵賳賴 賳鬲蹖噩賴 诏乇賮鬲 讴賴 賴丿賮 丕賵賱蹖鬲爻讴丕蹖丕 賳卮丕賳 丿丕丿賳 丿賵 囟蹖丕賮鬲 賲乇诏 亘賵丿賴 貙 賴賲 賲乇诏 丌賱蹖讴 賵 賴賲 賲乇诏 賵胤賳 .
鬲丿賮蹖賳 倬丕乇鬲蹖 乇丕 丕诏乇趩賴 賳賲蹖 鬲賵丕賳 蹖讴 卮丕賴讴丕乇 丿丕賳爻鬲 貙 丕賲丕 丌賳 乇丕 亘賴 禺丕胤乇 胤蹖賮 賵爻蹖毓蹖 丕夭 丕丨爻丕爻丕鬲 讴賴 丕賱亘鬲賴 亘蹖卮鬲乇 亘乇丕蹖 賲丕 丌卮賳丕 賴爻鬲賳丿 亘丕蹖丿 爻鬲賵丿 .
February 20, 2019
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O privire in lumea femeilor: agitata, vocal膬 葯i dezinhibat膬, privit膬 prin ochii unui b膬rbat pe moarte. Alik este personajul principal. Un personaj ca si inexistent. Si totu葯i, foarte important.
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O privire in lumea femeilor: agitata, vocal膬 葯i dezinhibat膬, privit膬 prin ochii unui b膬rbat pe moarte. Alik este personajul principal. Un personaj ca si inexistent. Si totu葯i, foarte important.
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August 22, 2022
賲丕匕丕 鬲鬲賵賯毓 兀賳 賷丨丿孬 毓賳丿賲丕 鬲噩鬲賲毓 噩丕賱賷丞 乇賵爻賷丞 賷賴賵丿賷丞 賮賷 賳賷賵賷賵乇賰責 爻鬲賰賵賳 賴賳丕賰 丨賮賱丞 噩賳丕夭丞貙 兀賵 噩賳丕夭丞 賲乇丨丞 丨爻亘 丕賱鬲乇噩賲丞 丕賱毓乇亘賷丞 賱毓賳賵丕賳 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞.
賴丕 賴賷 兀禺賷乇丕賸 乇賵丕賷丞 乇賵爻賷丞 丨丿賷孬丞貙 賱丕 鬲鬲丨丿孬 毓賳 丕賱廿賯胤丕毓 賵賱丕 毓賳 丕賱孬賵乇丞 丕賱丨賲乇丕亍 賵賱丕 毓賳 賲毓鬲賯賱丕鬲 丕賱爻賵賮賷賷鬲. 賰賲丕 兀賳 丕賱賰丕鬲亘 賱賷爻 氐丕丨亘 賵噩賴 賲鬲噩賴賲 賵賱丨賷丞 卮賴亘丕亍貙 亘賱 爻賷丿丞 鬲丿毓賶 賱賵丿賲賷賱丕貙 丕賲鬲卮賯鬲 賯賱賲賴丕 賱鬲丨丿孬賳丕 毓賳 賴賲賵賲 兀禺乇賶貙 賲賳賴丕 丕賱睾乇亘丞 賵鬲賳賵毓 丕賱毓賱丕賯丕鬲 賵賲毓賳賶 丕賱丨賷丕丞 賵丕賱賲賵鬲貙 賵賯賷賲丞 丕賱賮乇丿 賮賷 賲噩鬲賲毓賴.
賷賵卮賰 丕賱賮賳丕賳 丌賱賷賰 毓賱賶 賲睾丕丿乇丞 賴匕丕 丕賱毓丕賱賲貙 賮賷鬲噩賲毓 丨賵賱賴 兀賴賱賴 賵兀丨亘丕丐賴 亘賷賳賲丕 賴賵 賰兀丿亘賴 賷爻毓賶 廿賱賶 鬲賱胤賷賮 丕賱賲賵賯賮 賵丕賱丕爻鬲賲鬲丕毓 亘丨賷丕鬲賴 丨鬲賶 丌禺乇 乇賲賯.
丕賱卮禺氐賷丕鬲 賲孬賷乇丞 賱賱丕賴鬲賲丕賲 賲丕 亘賷賳 丌賱賷賰 丕賱賲賳賮鬲丨 毓賱賶 丕賱丨賷丕丞 賵丕賱亘卮乇貙 丕賱匕賷 賷爻鬲賱胤賮賴 丕賱噩賲賷毓 賲賴賲丕 賰丕賳 亘賱睾鬲 亘賴 賯賱丞 丕賱丕賰鬲乇丕孬貙 夭賵噩鬲賴 丕賱賴爻鬲賷乇賷丞 丕賱鬲賷 鬲睾乇賯 賮賷 卮亘乇 賲賳 丕賱賲丕亍貙 丕賱氐丿賷賯丞 丕賱賲鬲禺氐氐丞 亘丕賱毓賱丕噩丕鬲 丕賱卮毓亘賷丞 賵丕賱賲乇丕賴賯丞 丕賱賲鬲賲乇丿丞 丕賱鬲賷 鬲禺賮賷 胤賳丕賸 賲賳 丕賱毓丕胤賮丞. 兀噩賵丕亍 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 亘丿賷毓丞貙 賲丕 亘賷賳 卮賵丕乇毓 賳賷賵賷賵乇賰 丕賱鬲賷 鬲毓噩 亘卮鬲賶 兀卮賰丕賱 丕賱丨賷丕丞 賵丕賱卮賯丞 丕賱賲鬲禺賲丞 亘丕賱兀氐丿賯丕亍 賲賳 賲禺鬲賱賮 丕賱賲卮丕乇亘.
兀賲丕 賳亘乇丞 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賮賴賷 丕賱賰賵賲賷丿賷丕 丕賱爻賵丿丕亍貙 鬲胤乇丨 兀賮賰丕乇丕賸 毓賲賷賯丞 丿賵賳 廿孬丕乇丞 夭賵丕亘毓. 兀噩賲賱 賲丕 賮賷 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賴賷 丕賱丨賵丕乇丕鬲 丕賱鬲賷 鬲賰卮賮 丿賵丕禺賱 丕賱卮禺氐賷丕鬲 賵鬲亘賷賳 賲毓丿賳賴丕. 賴賳丕 賵賴賳丕賰 亘毓囟 丕賱賲賳毓胤賮丕鬲 丕賱賲卮賵賯丞 賮賷 丕賱爻乇丿貙 賵賱賰賳 丕賱丨亘賰丞 賴丕丿卅丞 亘氐賮丞 毓丕賲丞.
乇賵丕賷丞 爻賱爻丞 賵賯氐賷乇丞貙 賲賳丕爻亘丞 賱賲賳 賷賯鬲賮賵賳 禺胤賵丕鬲 丕賱兀丿亘 丕賱乇賵爻賷 丕賱匕賷 賯丿 賷亘丿賵 賵賰兀賳賴 鬲賱丕卮賶 丿賵賳 兀孬乇.
賴丕 賴賷 兀禺賷乇丕賸 乇賵丕賷丞 乇賵爻賷丞 丨丿賷孬丞貙 賱丕 鬲鬲丨丿孬 毓賳 丕賱廿賯胤丕毓 賵賱丕 毓賳 丕賱孬賵乇丞 丕賱丨賲乇丕亍 賵賱丕 毓賳 賲毓鬲賯賱丕鬲 丕賱爻賵賮賷賷鬲. 賰賲丕 兀賳 丕賱賰丕鬲亘 賱賷爻 氐丕丨亘 賵噩賴 賲鬲噩賴賲 賵賱丨賷丞 卮賴亘丕亍貙 亘賱 爻賷丿丞 鬲丿毓賶 賱賵丿賲賷賱丕貙 丕賲鬲卮賯鬲 賯賱賲賴丕 賱鬲丨丿孬賳丕 毓賳 賴賲賵賲 兀禺乇賶貙 賲賳賴丕 丕賱睾乇亘丞 賵鬲賳賵毓 丕賱毓賱丕賯丕鬲 賵賲毓賳賶 丕賱丨賷丕丞 賵丕賱賲賵鬲貙 賵賯賷賲丞 丕賱賮乇丿 賮賷 賲噩鬲賲毓賴.
賷賵卮賰 丕賱賮賳丕賳 丌賱賷賰 毓賱賶 賲睾丕丿乇丞 賴匕丕 丕賱毓丕賱賲貙 賮賷鬲噩賲毓 丨賵賱賴 兀賴賱賴 賵兀丨亘丕丐賴 亘賷賳賲丕 賴賵 賰兀丿亘賴 賷爻毓賶 廿賱賶 鬲賱胤賷賮 丕賱賲賵賯賮 賵丕賱丕爻鬲賲鬲丕毓 亘丨賷丕鬲賴 丨鬲賶 丌禺乇 乇賲賯.
丕賱卮禺氐賷丕鬲 賲孬賷乇丞 賱賱丕賴鬲賲丕賲 賲丕 亘賷賳 丌賱賷賰 丕賱賲賳賮鬲丨 毓賱賶 丕賱丨賷丕丞 賵丕賱亘卮乇貙 丕賱匕賷 賷爻鬲賱胤賮賴 丕賱噩賲賷毓 賲賴賲丕 賰丕賳 亘賱睾鬲 亘賴 賯賱丞 丕賱丕賰鬲乇丕孬貙 夭賵噩鬲賴 丕賱賴爻鬲賷乇賷丞 丕賱鬲賷 鬲睾乇賯 賮賷 卮亘乇 賲賳 丕賱賲丕亍貙 丕賱氐丿賷賯丞 丕賱賲鬲禺氐氐丞 亘丕賱毓賱丕噩丕鬲 丕賱卮毓亘賷丞 賵丕賱賲乇丕賴賯丞 丕賱賲鬲賲乇丿丞 丕賱鬲賷 鬲禺賮賷 胤賳丕賸 賲賳 丕賱毓丕胤賮丞. 兀噩賵丕亍 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 亘丿賷毓丞貙 賲丕 亘賷賳 卮賵丕乇毓 賳賷賵賷賵乇賰 丕賱鬲賷 鬲毓噩 亘卮鬲賶 兀卮賰丕賱 丕賱丨賷丕丞 賵丕賱卮賯丞 丕賱賲鬲禺賲丞 亘丕賱兀氐丿賯丕亍 賲賳 賲禺鬲賱賮 丕賱賲卮丕乇亘.
兀賲丕 賳亘乇丞 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賮賴賷 丕賱賰賵賲賷丿賷丕 丕賱爻賵丿丕亍貙 鬲胤乇丨 兀賮賰丕乇丕賸 毓賲賷賯丞 丿賵賳 廿孬丕乇丞 夭賵丕亘毓. 兀噩賲賱 賲丕 賮賷 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賴賷 丕賱丨賵丕乇丕鬲 丕賱鬲賷 鬲賰卮賮 丿賵丕禺賱 丕賱卮禺氐賷丕鬲 賵鬲亘賷賳 賲毓丿賳賴丕. 賴賳丕 賵賴賳丕賰 亘毓囟 丕賱賲賳毓胤賮丕鬲 丕賱賲卮賵賯丞 賮賷 丕賱爻乇丿貙 賵賱賰賳 丕賱丨亘賰丞 賴丕丿卅丞 亘氐賮丞 毓丕賲丞.
乇賵丕賷丞 爻賱爻丞 賵賯氐賷乇丞貙 賲賳丕爻亘丞 賱賲賳 賷賯鬲賮賵賳 禺胤賵丕鬲 丕賱兀丿亘 丕賱乇賵爻賷 丕賱匕賷 賯丿 賷亘丿賵 賵賰兀賳賴 鬲賱丕卮賶 丿賵賳 兀孬乇.
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"賴賲賴 賲丕賳 丿賵乇 蹖讴 賲乇诏 噩賲毓 卮丿蹖賲..."
丕蹖賳 噩賲賱賴 丕夭 讴鬲丕亘蹖 丕夭 丕丨賲丿 丌賱鬲丕賳 鬲賵蹖 匕賴賳賲 賲賵賳丿賴貙 讴賴 亘丕 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 鬲丿賮蹖賳 倬丕乇鬲蹖 丿賵亘丕乇賴 亘乇丕賲 鬲丿丕毓蹖 卮丿..
乇賵夭賴丕蹖 丕禺乇 毓賲乇 丌賱蹖讴 賳賯丕卮 卮賵禺 賵 卮賳诏 賲賵 爻乇禺 乇賵爻 讴賴 賳賯胤賴 蹖 賲卮鬲乇讴 丿賵爻鬲蹖 賵 乇丕亘胤賴 亘蹖賳 卮禺氐蹖鬲 賴丕蹖 讴鬲丕亘賴 貙 亘賴丕賳賴 丕蹖 亘乇丕蹖 丿賵乇 賴賲 噩賲毓 卮丿賳 丕蹖賳 賲賴丕噩乇賴丕蹖 乇賵爻 賲蹖卮賴 讴賴 賳丕禺賵丕爻鬲賴 賵 亘丕 賴夭丕乇丕賳 丿乇丿爻乇 丕夭 讴卮賵乇卮賵賳 诏匕卮鬲賳 鬲丕 夭賳丿诏蹖 亘賴鬲乇 賵 丕賲賳 鬲乇蹖 乇賵 丿乇 诏賵卮賴 蹖 丿蹖诏賴 丕蹖 丕夭 丿賳蹖丕 亘賴 丿爻鬲 亘蹖丕乇賳貙鈥屸€�... 鬲丿賮蹖賳 倬丕乇鬲蹖 亘丕 賱丨賳蹖 丕夭 丕卮讴 賵 賱亘禺賳丿貙 丨爻乇鬲 賵 胤賳夭貙 爻乇诏匕卮鬲 丿賱亘爻鬲诏蹖 賴丕 賵 賲乇丕乇鬲 賴丕蹖 丕蹖賳 賲賴丕噩乇丕賳 賵 乇丕賴蹖 讴賴 胤蹖 讴乇丿賳 乇賵 卮乇丨 賲蹖丿賴鈥�.
丨讴丕蹖鬲 夭賳丿诏蹖 丕蹖賳 丌丿賲 賴丕 丿乇 丿賳蹖丕蹖 噩丿蹖丿卮賵賳 亘蹖 卮亘丕賴鬲 亘賴 乇賵夭賴丕蹖 丕丨鬲囟丕乇 丌賱蹖讴 賳蹖爻鬲貙 賲孬賱 鬲噩乇亘賴 蹖 賲毓賱賯蹖 亘蹖賳 賲乇诏 賵 夭賳丿诏蹖貙 賳賴 丕夭 乇蹖卮賴 賴丕卮賵賳 讴賳丿賴 卮丿賳 賵 賳賴 丿乇 賲丨蹖胤 噩丿蹖丿 乇蹖卮賴 丿賵丕賳丿賳貙 賳賴 賲蹖鬲賵賳賳 趩卮賲 賵 丿賱 丕夭 賵胤賳 亘诏蹖乇賳 賵 賳賴 賲蹖鬲賵賳賳 亘賴 丕蹖賳 讴卮賵乇 噩丿蹖丿 亘丕 丕胤賲蹖賳丕賳 禺賵 讴賳賳貙 賵 丨丕賱丕 亘丕 賴賲賴 蹖 丕蹖賳 丨爻 賴丕 亘丕蹖丿 丕夭 賮丕氐賱賴 丕蹖 丿賵乇 卮丕賴丿 賲乇诏 賵胤賳 賵鈥� 乇賵夭賴丕蹖 賲鬲卮賳噩卮 亘丕卮賳 賵 丕夭 賳夭丿蹖讴 卮丕賴丿 夭賵丕賱 賵 賲乇诏 毓夭蹖夭蹖 丕夭 賵胤賳卮賵賳 讴賴 亘乇丕卮賵賳 丨讴賲 倬蹖賵賳丿 丕蹖賳 丿賵 爻乇夭賲蹖賳賴...
丕蹖賳 噩賲賱賴 丕夭 讴鬲丕亘蹖 丕夭 丕丨賲丿 丌賱鬲丕賳 鬲賵蹖 匕賴賳賲 賲賵賳丿賴貙 讴賴 亘丕 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 鬲丿賮蹖賳 倬丕乇鬲蹖 丿賵亘丕乇賴 亘乇丕賲 鬲丿丕毓蹖 卮丿..
乇賵夭賴丕蹖 丕禺乇 毓賲乇 丌賱蹖讴 賳賯丕卮 卮賵禺 賵 卮賳诏 賲賵 爻乇禺 乇賵爻 讴賴 賳賯胤賴 蹖 賲卮鬲乇讴 丿賵爻鬲蹖 賵 乇丕亘胤賴 亘蹖賳 卮禺氐蹖鬲 賴丕蹖 讴鬲丕亘賴 貙 亘賴丕賳賴 丕蹖 亘乇丕蹖 丿賵乇 賴賲 噩賲毓 卮丿賳 丕蹖賳 賲賴丕噩乇賴丕蹖 乇賵爻 賲蹖卮賴 讴賴 賳丕禺賵丕爻鬲賴 賵 亘丕 賴夭丕乇丕賳 丿乇丿爻乇 丕夭 讴卮賵乇卮賵賳 诏匕卮鬲賳 鬲丕 夭賳丿诏蹖 亘賴鬲乇 賵 丕賲賳 鬲乇蹖 乇賵 丿乇 诏賵卮賴 蹖 丿蹖诏賴 丕蹖 丕夭 丿賳蹖丕 亘賴 丿爻鬲 亘蹖丕乇賳貙鈥屸€�... 鬲丿賮蹖賳 倬丕乇鬲蹖 亘丕 賱丨賳蹖 丕夭 丕卮讴 賵 賱亘禺賳丿貙 丨爻乇鬲 賵 胤賳夭貙 爻乇诏匕卮鬲 丿賱亘爻鬲诏蹖 賴丕 賵 賲乇丕乇鬲 賴丕蹖 丕蹖賳 賲賴丕噩乇丕賳 賵 乇丕賴蹖 讴賴 胤蹖 讴乇丿賳 乇賵 卮乇丨 賲蹖丿賴鈥�.
丨讴丕蹖鬲 夭賳丿诏蹖 丕蹖賳 丌丿賲 賴丕 丿乇 丿賳蹖丕蹖 噩丿蹖丿卮賵賳 亘蹖 卮亘丕賴鬲 亘賴 乇賵夭賴丕蹖 丕丨鬲囟丕乇 丌賱蹖讴 賳蹖爻鬲貙 賲孬賱 鬲噩乇亘賴 蹖 賲毓賱賯蹖 亘蹖賳 賲乇诏 賵 夭賳丿诏蹖貙 賳賴 丕夭 乇蹖卮賴 賴丕卮賵賳 讴賳丿賴 卮丿賳 賵 賳賴 丿乇 賲丨蹖胤 噩丿蹖丿 乇蹖卮賴 丿賵丕賳丿賳貙 賳賴 賲蹖鬲賵賳賳 趩卮賲 賵 丿賱 丕夭 賵胤賳 亘诏蹖乇賳 賵 賳賴 賲蹖鬲賵賳賳 亘賴 丕蹖賳 讴卮賵乇 噩丿蹖丿 亘丕 丕胤賲蹖賳丕賳 禺賵 讴賳賳貙 賵 丨丕賱丕 亘丕 賴賲賴 蹖 丕蹖賳 丨爻 賴丕 亘丕蹖丿 丕夭 賮丕氐賱賴 丕蹖 丿賵乇 卮丕賴丿 賲乇诏 賵胤賳 賵鈥� 乇賵夭賴丕蹖 賲鬲卮賳噩卮 亘丕卮賳 賵 丕夭 賳夭丿蹖讴 卮丕賴丿 夭賵丕賱 賵 賲乇诏 毓夭蹖夭蹖 丕夭 賵胤賳卮賵賳 讴賴 亘乇丕卮賵賳 丨讴賲 倬蹖賵賳丿 丕蹖賳 丿賵 爻乇夭賲蹖賳賴...
January 28, 2018
In The Funeral Party, Ulitskaya wonderfully captures the divided soul of the emigrant, who lives eternally in a state of transition, never able to consolidate a singular identity. Emigrants are strange people. Having grown up among them, I've noticed a high incidence of eccentric, charismatic and strong-minded people. I'm not sure if this is cultural (perhaps Romanians are simply like that), or because fleeing one's home requires that a person be to some extent unhinged, or at least restless, lacking the contentedness to simply accept the life one has been given.
In this novel I felt a connection with Maika, who as a young person growing up in an emigrant family is affected in a different way, initially feeling alienated from her cultural heritage and those who represent it, but eventually coming to understand and derive a personal importance from it.
The novel explores these specific experiences in the context of more universal ones. The Funeral Party is about how our relationships with others come to define our lives, and how the finality of death lends these relationships a special richness and significance. It is a sad book, but also a hopeful one. There are things that survive beyond death: our children, the works we create, and our actions in life, as remembered by those we love.
In this novel I felt a connection with Maika, who as a young person growing up in an emigrant family is affected in a different way, initially feeling alienated from her cultural heritage and those who represent it, but eventually coming to understand and derive a personal importance from it.
The novel explores these specific experiences in the context of more universal ones. The Funeral Party is about how our relationships with others come to define our lives, and how the finality of death lends these relationships a special richness and significance. It is a sad book, but also a hopeful one. There are things that survive beyond death: our children, the works we create, and our actions in life, as remembered by those we love.
September 26, 2024
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"賮丕蹖賲丕 爻毓蹖 丿丕卮鬲 亘乇丕蹖 卮賵丕賱蹖賴鈥屰� 爻蹖丕賴鈥屬举堌池� 鬲賵囟蹖丨 亘丿賴丿貙 丕賲丕 讴賱賲丕鬲 賲賳丕爻亘 乇丕 倬蹖丿丕 賳賲蹖鈥屭┴必�. 丕禺乇 趩胤賵乇 賲蹖鈥屫促堌� 鬲賵囟蹖丨 丿丕丿 讴賴 賵賯鬲蹖 賴賲賴 趩蹖夭 睾賲賳丕讴 賵 賲丕鬲賲鈥屫藏ж� 丕爻鬲貙 蹖讴 亘丕乇賴 賲賵噩蹖 丕夭 卮毓賮 亘賴 噩丕賳 丕丿賲 亘乇蹖夭丿貙 卮賴丿蹖 卮蹖乇蹖賳貙 賳賵毓蹖 卮賵乇 噩爻賲丕賳蹖貙 丿乇 丨丕賱蹖 讴賴 丿賱 丕丿賲 賴賳賵夭 丕賳亘丕卮鬲賴 丕夭 丕賳丿賵賴 丕爻鬲. 丕蹖賳 丕爻鬲 丕賳趩賴 夭賳丿诏蹖 乇丕 亘賴 倬蹖卮 賲蹖鈥屫必з嗀�."
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賳蹖賲 爻丕毓鬲賴 賴蹖 賲蹖鈥屬嗁堐屫迟� 賴蹖 倬丕讴 賲蹖讴賳賲. 賳賲蹖鈥屫堎嗁� 趩噩賵乇蹖 亘丕蹖丿 丨爻賲賵 乇丕噩毓 亘賴 讴鬲丕亘 亘诏賲. 賮賯胤 禺賵卮丨丕賱賲 讴賴 趩賳丿乇賵夭蹖 乇賵 亘丕 丕賱蹖讴 賵 丿賵爻鬲丕卮 鬲賵蹖 爻丕禺鬲賲賵賳 鈥屫促勝堌贺� 诏匕乇賵賳丿賲 賵 亘賴 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 夭賳丿诏蹖卮賵賳 诏賵卮 丿丕丿賲.
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"賮丕蹖賲丕 爻毓蹖 丿丕卮鬲 亘乇丕蹖 卮賵丕賱蹖賴鈥屰� 爻蹖丕賴鈥屬举堌池� 鬲賵囟蹖丨 亘丿賴丿貙 丕賲丕 讴賱賲丕鬲 賲賳丕爻亘 乇丕 倬蹖丿丕 賳賲蹖鈥屭┴必�. 丕禺乇 趩胤賵乇 賲蹖鈥屫促堌� 鬲賵囟蹖丨 丿丕丿 讴賴 賵賯鬲蹖 賴賲賴 趩蹖夭 睾賲賳丕讴 賵 賲丕鬲賲鈥屫藏ж� 丕爻鬲貙 蹖讴 亘丕乇賴 賲賵噩蹖 丕夭 卮毓賮 亘賴 噩丕賳 丕丿賲 亘乇蹖夭丿貙 卮賴丿蹖 卮蹖乇蹖賳貙 賳賵毓蹖 卮賵乇 噩爻賲丕賳蹖貙 丿乇 丨丕賱蹖 讴賴 丿賱 丕丿賲 賴賳賵夭 丕賳亘丕卮鬲賴 丕夭 丕賳丿賵賴 丕爻鬲. 丕蹖賳 丕爻鬲 丕賳趩賴 夭賳丿诏蹖 乇丕 亘賴 倬蹖卮 賲蹖鈥屫必з嗀�."
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賳蹖賲 爻丕毓鬲賴 賴蹖 賲蹖鈥屬嗁堐屫迟� 賴蹖 倬丕讴 賲蹖讴賳賲. 賳賲蹖鈥屫堎嗁� 趩噩賵乇蹖 亘丕蹖丿 丨爻賲賵 乇丕噩毓 亘賴 讴鬲丕亘 亘诏賲. 賮賯胤 禺賵卮丨丕賱賲 讴賴 趩賳丿乇賵夭蹖 乇賵 亘丕 丕賱蹖讴 賵 丿賵爻鬲丕卮 鬲賵蹖 爻丕禺鬲賲賵賳 鈥屫促勝堌贺� 诏匕乇賵賳丿賲 賵 亘賴 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 夭賳丿诏蹖卮賵賳 诏賵卮 丿丕丿賲.
July 26, 2021
I definitely have to report it 鈽�: Ludmila Ulitskaya鈥檚 Funeral Party has stolen my dream 鈥� my nightmare, that is. I think I鈥檝e already talked about it elsewhere, this recurrent dream I have in which I find myself stranded in Romania with no money and no job (although sometimes I dream that my former school took pity on me and employed me again), freaking out about my bills, my job and my home in Quebec. Over the years I鈥檝e often dismissed this dream of mine as the embodiment of some lack of security about my position and role in my adoptive country that haunts now and again my subconscious. I had to read Ludmila Ulitskaia鈥檚 book to learn on one hand that my nightmare was not unusual nor singular and on the other hand that another interpretation, subtler and cleverer could be found: a deep nostalgia of the immigrant for his/ her native land combined with the fear of the same nostalgia 鈥� fear to succumb it, that is:
Anyway, joking aside, I must confess it was my friend Ema who introduced me to Ludmila Ulitskaya (actually my copy of this book is her present), a writer I knew nothing about until then, and my first meeting with her has been really enjoyable. The Funeral Party 鈥� her first book translated into English, it seems 鈥� has that strange mixture of sarcasm and tenderness, of laughter and sadness, of absurd and poetry all great Russian literature has accustomed us with.
The novella鈥檚 main theme is apparently emigration and the uprooting that goes with it (apparently because, as we鈥檒l se, there is another, subtler but equally powerful, entwined with it that concerns the artist). In New York City, in a Manhattan apartment (luckily rented a long time ago when the rent was low and the neighborhood quite ordinary) an artist is dying of a mysterious disease that little by little has liquefied him, transforming him in a rubber doll. Around him are gathered his lovers, his daughter and his friends, and like in a Balzacian story, this is a perfect opportunity for the narrator to get a glimpse of their lives with their more or less successful efforts to integrate in the American society and to adopt the American way of life. As expected, these glimpses reveal some funny or picturesque stories, as they disclose the strange (but so common in all North America) m茅lange between two worlds, two cultures and many a religion. Here is, as an appropriate example, the delicious description of the language they speak, which reminded me of the Romanian corrupted with so many English and French expressions my friends and I often employ to communicate with each other, and which could be put down to the permanent attempt of one culture to overlap the other:
Of course, the language is a consequence of the characters鈥� wandering on the road to integration, road with bumps each one of them tries (successfully or not) to bypass. Here we have Berman and Fima, two brothers who were doctors in Russia. While Berman managed to pass the exams and had his diploma recognized in the United States, Fima could not learn English better enough to do the same, but even though one is dressed like a 鈥渞espectable doctor鈥� and the other like a tramp, both live in cheap apartments and eat cheap food because Berman has indebted himself heavily in order to open a private practice. Here we have Valentina, who married a homosexual to escape her country and now teaches Russian at school and has had an affair with the subject of the funeral party, Alik. Here we have Nina, Alik鈥檚 wife, beauty in decline, who cannot speak English and became an alcoholic because, one of characters meditates, America is unable to have heavy drinkers, like Russia, only sober or addicted ones. And here we have Alik himself, an artist who has lived in New York like once upon a time in Moscow, without a care, letting his friends in charge of his bills and often his food whenever he was unable to feed his family with his art. Different characters on different roads, they all have in common 鈥渢his crossed frontier, this crossed, stumbling lifeline, this tearing up of old roots and putting down of new ones in new earth, with its new colours, smells and structures.鈥�
No matter how powerful and picturesque this emigration theme might be, another one gradually insinuates and tends to overwhelm it. Also developed around the dying Alik, it concerns the double condition of the creator 鈥� as a man and as an artist. While the man is reduced to rubber, losing little by little the human appearance, the artist becomes stronger and will soon occupy the empty place: 鈥淎lik lay flat and rubbery, like an empty hot-water bottle, but his mind was alert鈥︹€� And indeed, the novella ends with the suggestion of a post-mortem wide recognition of his art, followed by, of course, a battle for succession.
Furthermore, a fine touch in completing the artist鈥檚 portrait is the idea that the artist, far from being a citizen of the world, i.e. above nationalism, is the only one capable to keep the soul of his country alive wherever he might go, be it an ineffable country he often rebuilds more as it should be than as it really was:
Overall, a very interesting novella. In his very insightful New York Times鈥� on February 11th 2001, Richard Bernstein compares Ulitskaia鈥檚 book with Tolstoy鈥檚 Death of Ivan Ilyich. This comparison alone should be enough to convince anyone not only that this is a book worth reading but also that Ulitskaya is an author worth following. Therefore, thank you, Ema!
For a long time Russia had existed for them only in their dreams. They all dreamed the same dream, but with different variations. (鈥�) The basic structure of the dream was as follows: they arrived back to find themselves in a closed building, or a building without doors, or a rubbish-container; or something happened that made it impossible for them to return to America: losing documents or being sent to prison, for instance; one Jew had even seen his dead mother, who had tied him up with a rope.
Anyway, joking aside, I must confess it was my friend Ema who introduced me to Ludmila Ulitskaya (actually my copy of this book is her present), a writer I knew nothing about until then, and my first meeting with her has been really enjoyable. The Funeral Party 鈥� her first book translated into English, it seems 鈥� has that strange mixture of sarcasm and tenderness, of laughter and sadness, of absurd and poetry all great Russian literature has accustomed us with.
The novella鈥檚 main theme is apparently emigration and the uprooting that goes with it (apparently because, as we鈥檒l se, there is another, subtler but equally powerful, entwined with it that concerns the artist). In New York City, in a Manhattan apartment (luckily rented a long time ago when the rent was low and the neighborhood quite ordinary) an artist is dying of a mysterious disease that little by little has liquefied him, transforming him in a rubber doll. Around him are gathered his lovers, his daughter and his friends, and like in a Balzacian story, this is a perfect opportunity for the narrator to get a glimpse of their lives with their more or less successful efforts to integrate in the American society and to adopt the American way of life. As expected, these glimpses reveal some funny or picturesque stories, as they disclose the strange (but so common in all North America) m茅lange between two worlds, two cultures and many a religion. Here is, as an appropriate example, the delicious description of the language they speak, which reminded me of the Romanian corrupted with so many English and French expressions my friends and I often employ to communicate with each other, and which could be put down to the permanent attempt of one culture to overlap the other:
The new American language came to them gradually in their new 茅migr茅 milieu and was also instrumental and primitive, and they expressed themselves in a terse, deliberately comical jargon, part-English, part-Russian, part-Yiddish, which took in the most exotic criminal slang and the playful intonations of a Jewish anecdote.
Of course, the language is a consequence of the characters鈥� wandering on the road to integration, road with bumps each one of them tries (successfully or not) to bypass. Here we have Berman and Fima, two brothers who were doctors in Russia. While Berman managed to pass the exams and had his diploma recognized in the United States, Fima could not learn English better enough to do the same, but even though one is dressed like a 鈥渞espectable doctor鈥� and the other like a tramp, both live in cheap apartments and eat cheap food because Berman has indebted himself heavily in order to open a private practice. Here we have Valentina, who married a homosexual to escape her country and now teaches Russian at school and has had an affair with the subject of the funeral party, Alik. Here we have Nina, Alik鈥檚 wife, beauty in decline, who cannot speak English and became an alcoholic because, one of characters meditates, America is unable to have heavy drinkers, like Russia, only sober or addicted ones. And here we have Alik himself, an artist who has lived in New York like once upon a time in Moscow, without a care, letting his friends in charge of his bills and often his food whenever he was unable to feed his family with his art. Different characters on different roads, they all have in common 鈥渢his crossed frontier, this crossed, stumbling lifeline, this tearing up of old roots and putting down of new ones in new earth, with its new colours, smells and structures.鈥�
No matter how powerful and picturesque this emigration theme might be, another one gradually insinuates and tends to overwhelm it. Also developed around the dying Alik, it concerns the double condition of the creator 鈥� as a man and as an artist. While the man is reduced to rubber, losing little by little the human appearance, the artist becomes stronger and will soon occupy the empty place: 鈥淎lik lay flat and rubbery, like an empty hot-water bottle, but his mind was alert鈥︹€� And indeed, the novella ends with the suggestion of a post-mortem wide recognition of his art, followed by, of course, a battle for succession.
Furthermore, a fine touch in completing the artist鈥檚 portrait is the idea that the artist, far from being a citizen of the world, i.e. above nationalism, is the only one capable to keep the soul of his country alive wherever he might go, be it an ineffable country he often rebuilds more as it should be than as it really was:
He had built his Russia around him, a Russia which hadn鈥檛 existed for a long time and perhaps never had. He was carefree and irresponsible, people didn鈥檛 live like that here, they didn鈥檛 live like it anywhere, dammit. How to define this charm, which had captivated even her little girl? He hadn鈥檛 done anything special for anyone, yet they would all have gone through fire for him. No, she didn鈥檛 understand, she didn鈥檛 understand.
Overall, a very interesting novella. In his very insightful New York Times鈥� on February 11th 2001, Richard Bernstein compares Ulitskaia鈥檚 book with Tolstoy鈥檚 Death of Ivan Ilyich. This comparison alone should be enough to convince anyone not only that this is a book worth reading but also that Ulitskaya is an author worth following. Therefore, thank you, Ema!
June 27, 2023
褟 谢褞斜谢褞 袧褜褞-袡芯褉泻
鈥淓se pa铆s odiaba el sufrimiento. Lo rechazaba desde un punto de vista ontol贸gico y s贸lo lo admit铆an como una caso particular que exig铆a erradicaci贸n inmediata. Aquella joven naci贸n que repudiaba el sufrimiento hab铆a puesto en marcha escuelas enteras - filos贸ficas, psicol贸gicas y m茅dicas - consagradas a una 煤nica misi贸n: librar al hombre del sufrimiento a cualquier precio. Al cerebro ruso de Fima le costaba asimilar esa idea. La tierra en la que hab铆a crecido amaba y valoraba el sufrimiento; incluso lo hab铆a convertido en su alimento; mediante el sufrimiento la gente crec铆a, se hac铆a adulta, se volv铆a inteligente... Adem谩s, la sangre jud铆a de Fima que hab铆a pasado por el filtro del sufrimiento durante milenios parec铆a contener un importante elemento vital que se desmoronaba en ausencia del dolor. Las personas de esa raza, privadas del sufrimiento, pierden tambi茅n la tierra bajo sus pies...鈥�
Pero Alik no es Fima. Es un pintor, bohemio, enamorado de la vida, de la amistad, y de todas las mujeres. Carism谩tico, despu茅s de veinte a帽os viviendo en NY, ha hecho un mill贸n de amigos, en especial entre los due帽os de los bares. Y en el 谩tico en el que vive se congregan, como atra铆dos por un im谩n, una gran cantidad de emigrados rusos, anque tambi茅n alg煤n bielorruso, ucraniano y hasta una italiana eslav贸fila.
Y ahora, Alik est谩 enfermo; su cuerpo no le responde pero su mente y su esp铆ritu est谩n vivos. Y asistimos al d铆a a d铆a, as铆 como al pasado de sus seguidores, narrados con gran arte y profundidad, constituyendo una magn铆fica historia.
Una novela maravillosa, que lament茅 terminar, y de la que no me pude despegar durante varios d铆as, y compens茅 releyendo muchos de sus p谩rrafos.
L铆udmila Ulitskaia naci贸 en Bashkiria, Rusia en 1943, es bi贸loga genetista, y despu茅s que perdiera su cargo de investigadora por su disidencia pol铆tica, encontr贸 su segunda vocaci贸n en la literatura. Es autora tambi茅n de .
鈥淓se pa铆s odiaba el sufrimiento. Lo rechazaba desde un punto de vista ontol贸gico y s贸lo lo admit铆an como una caso particular que exig铆a erradicaci贸n inmediata. Aquella joven naci贸n que repudiaba el sufrimiento hab铆a puesto en marcha escuelas enteras - filos贸ficas, psicol贸gicas y m茅dicas - consagradas a una 煤nica misi贸n: librar al hombre del sufrimiento a cualquier precio. Al cerebro ruso de Fima le costaba asimilar esa idea. La tierra en la que hab铆a crecido amaba y valoraba el sufrimiento; incluso lo hab铆a convertido en su alimento; mediante el sufrimiento la gente crec铆a, se hac铆a adulta, se volv铆a inteligente... Adem谩s, la sangre jud铆a de Fima que hab铆a pasado por el filtro del sufrimiento durante milenios parec铆a contener un importante elemento vital que se desmoronaba en ausencia del dolor. Las personas de esa raza, privadas del sufrimiento, pierden tambi茅n la tierra bajo sus pies...鈥�
Pero Alik no es Fima. Es un pintor, bohemio, enamorado de la vida, de la amistad, y de todas las mujeres. Carism谩tico, despu茅s de veinte a帽os viviendo en NY, ha hecho un mill贸n de amigos, en especial entre los due帽os de los bares. Y en el 谩tico en el que vive se congregan, como atra铆dos por un im谩n, una gran cantidad de emigrados rusos, anque tambi茅n alg煤n bielorruso, ucraniano y hasta una italiana eslav贸fila.
Y ahora, Alik est谩 enfermo; su cuerpo no le responde pero su mente y su esp铆ritu est谩n vivos. Y asistimos al d铆a a d铆a, as铆 como al pasado de sus seguidores, narrados con gran arte y profundidad, constituyendo una magn铆fica historia.
Una novela maravillosa, que lament茅 terminar, y de la que no me pude despegar durante varios d铆as, y compens茅 releyendo muchos de sus p谩rrafos.
L铆udmila Ulitskaia naci贸 en Bashkiria, Rusia en 1943, es bi贸loga genetista, y despu茅s que perdiera su cargo de investigadora por su disidencia pol铆tica, encontr贸 su segunda vocaci贸n en la literatura. Es autora tambi茅n de .
January 13, 2015
*** scroll down for German review **
I cried for the last five chapters of this book. I re-read paragraphs, because I was forced, again and again, to stop in the very middle of a sentence to wipe the tears off.
I love Russian. This short, laconic language; the ways to construct a sentence comparable only to Latin; the grammatical forms, which are frowned upon in today's German (also in English, but there with a reason, I think), but are still part of the Russian, the proper beautiful Russian of a Ludmila Ulitzkaya, where they are not overtaken by fashion. I love it, that saying "because" is so laborious and therefore the stories are without "because". It does not happen because, it happens. The "because" comes afterwards. In a later chapter, jumping back twenty year and still fitting so well into the story, as if the time were not totally disarranged here, but followed its natural course. In a single sentence. In a single word, which suddenly reveals the most important, predominant feature of a character.
There is nothing magical, fantastic in this book. Alik is dying, a russian-jewish emigrant in Manhattan, a not too successful painter, but not a total failure. Nothing else happens. No big disclosures. No big secrets.
And yet there is something magical - an other way to see the reality, a naive one perhaps, too positive one, just ignoring so much - Alik's way, who does not even have a health insurance and who, up to the last moment and afterwards loves laughing, loves people around him. But perhaps the only way to be happy. Because the our everyday life is not so much different. Not crazier that Alik's dying. Not bleaker than Irina's or Valentina's life. Not more childish, more helpless that Nina. Not... Not different, just seen in an other way.
There are so many small things that come together in this great story.
All the character, emerging from nothingness and the past and leaving again, all the short appearances, which go directly to the heart with just one paragraph, through skin and muscle and bone, painful and sweet and unbelievably alive. All the lives, summed up in just a few sentences, the reductions of emigrant lives - emigrants in a sense in which we all are emigrants, expelled from our childhood, prior relationships, the naivete, the last flat, a friendship. Uprooted trees, growing at a new place, perhaps even more beautiful than we would have been before. But this comparison does not matter, as there is no second chance. Or, like Irina (or the author?) thinks: The past is irreversible. And what is there to undo at all?
I do not want to analyze how, on so few pages in such a big font, an author can create characters growing so much on the reader. Whose sparks so easily find a place in my heart. I do not want to analyze how much of what I see in this characters is influences by what I myself experiences, how much of it is Russian, Jewish, how much of it is searching in a foreign world, or the intentionaly naive and trusting. I just want every book to be like this one. To touch the reader like this one do. The world would be a better place than.
****
Ich habe die letzten f眉nf Kapitel dieses Buches durchgeweint - unkontrolliert, endlos, mit laufender Nase. Ich habe Abs盲tze immer wieder gelesen, weil ich in der Mitte eines Satzes stehen bleiben musste, um mir das Wasser aus den Augen zu wischen.
Ich liebe das Russische. Das kurze, lakonische dieser Sprache, die Satzkonstruktionen, wie es sie sonst nur im Lateinischen gibt, die Formen, die im heutigen Deutschen verp枚nt sind, aber im Russischen, im guten, sch枚nen Russichen einer Ljudmila Ulitzkaja, immer noch dazu geh枚ren, noch nicht von der Mode eingeholt sind. Ich liebe es, dass es so umst盲ndlich ist "weil" zu sagen, und es deswegen Texte ohne "weil" sind. Es passiert nicht weil, sondern es passiert. Das Weil kommt danach. In einem nachgeschobenen Kapitel, das pl枚tzlich zwanzig Jahre zur眉ck springt und sich dennoch so fl眉ssig in den Erz盲hlfluss einf眉gt, als werde hier die Zeit nicht wild durcheinander geworfen, sondern folge ihren nat眉rlichen Verlauf. In einem einzelnen Satz. In einem Wort, das pl枚tzlich die wichtigste, beherrschende Eigenschaft einer Figur offen legt.
Es ist nichts magisches in diesem Buch, nicht phantastisches. Alik stirbt (man stelle sich dieses Verb in einer Verlaufsform vor, nicht als abgeschlossene Handlung - auch wenn es diese Unterscheidung im Deustchen nicht so sch枚n, so eindeutig ist wie im Russischen), ein russisch-j眉discher Emigrant in Manhattan, ein nicht besonders erfolgreicher Maler, aber keine gescheiterte Existenz. Es passiert sonst nichts. Keine gro脽en Enth眉llungen. Keine gro脽en Geheimnisse.
Und doch ist da etwas zauberhaftes - ein anderer Blick auf die Wirklichkeit, ein naiver vielleicht, ein zu positiver, einer, der vieles einfach ignoriert - Aliks Blick, der nicht einmal eine Krankenversicherung hat, der bis zum letzten Augenblick und danach das Lachen und die Menschen liebt. Aber vielleicht der einzige, der gl眉cklich machen kann. Denn so viel anders ist der Alltag, den wir alle leben, nicht. Nicht verr眉ckter, als Aliks Sterben. Nicht trostloser als Irinas oder Valentinas Leben. Nicht kindischer, hilfloser als Nina. Nicht... Nicht anders, nur anders gesehen.
Es sind so viele kleine Dinge, die das wunderbare Ganze formen.
All die Figuren, die auftauchen und wieder gehen, all die kurzen Auftritte, die sich mit einem Absatz direkt ins Herz fressen, durch Haut und Muskel und Knochen, schmerzhaft und s眉脽 und unglaublich lebendig. All die Leben, zusammengefasst in wenigen S盲tzen, die Reduktionen von Emigrantenschicks盲len - Emigranten in jedem Sinne, in dem wir alle Emigranten sind, ausgesto脽en aus der Kindheit, aus fr眉heren Beziehungen, aus der Naivit盲t, aus der letzten Wohnung, aus einer Freundschaft, entwurzelte B盲ume, die an neuer Stelle wachsen, vielleicht sch枚ner, als sie sonst je gewesen w盲re. Aber was spielt es f眉r eine Rolle, wenn man keine zweite Chance hat? Oder, wie Irina (oder die Autorin?) denkt: Die Vergangenheit ist nicht r眉ckg盲ngig zu machen. Und was soll man da 眉berhaupt r眉ckg盲ngig machen?
Ich will nicht analysieren, wie man es schafft, auf so wenigen Seiten in einer so gro脽en Schrift, Figuren zu erschaffen, die dem Leser so ans Herz wachsen. Deren Funke etwas ist, was sich so leicht einen Platz in meinem Herzen finden. Ich will nicht analysieren, wie viel davon, was ich in diesen Figuren sehe, dadurch beeinflusst ist, was ich selbst erlebt habe, wie viel davon russisch, j眉disch, in der Fremde suchend, mit Absicht naiv und zu vertrauensvoll ist. Ich will einfach, dass jedes Buch so ist. Jedes Buch so ber眉hrt. Dann w盲re die Welt besser.
I cried for the last five chapters of this book. I re-read paragraphs, because I was forced, again and again, to stop in the very middle of a sentence to wipe the tears off.
I love Russian. This short, laconic language; the ways to construct a sentence comparable only to Latin; the grammatical forms, which are frowned upon in today's German (also in English, but there with a reason, I think), but are still part of the Russian, the proper beautiful Russian of a Ludmila Ulitzkaya, where they are not overtaken by fashion. I love it, that saying "because" is so laborious and therefore the stories are without "because". It does not happen because, it happens. The "because" comes afterwards. In a later chapter, jumping back twenty year and still fitting so well into the story, as if the time were not totally disarranged here, but followed its natural course. In a single sentence. In a single word, which suddenly reveals the most important, predominant feature of a character.
There is nothing magical, fantastic in this book. Alik is dying, a russian-jewish emigrant in Manhattan, a not too successful painter, but not a total failure. Nothing else happens. No big disclosures. No big secrets.
And yet there is something magical - an other way to see the reality, a naive one perhaps, too positive one, just ignoring so much - Alik's way, who does not even have a health insurance and who, up to the last moment and afterwards loves laughing, loves people around him. But perhaps the only way to be happy. Because the our everyday life is not so much different. Not crazier that Alik's dying. Not bleaker than Irina's or Valentina's life. Not more childish, more helpless that Nina. Not... Not different, just seen in an other way.
There are so many small things that come together in this great story.
All the character, emerging from nothingness and the past and leaving again, all the short appearances, which go directly to the heart with just one paragraph, through skin and muscle and bone, painful and sweet and unbelievably alive. All the lives, summed up in just a few sentences, the reductions of emigrant lives - emigrants in a sense in which we all are emigrants, expelled from our childhood, prior relationships, the naivete, the last flat, a friendship. Uprooted trees, growing at a new place, perhaps even more beautiful than we would have been before. But this comparison does not matter, as there is no second chance. Or, like Irina (or the author?) thinks: The past is irreversible. And what is there to undo at all?
I do not want to analyze how, on so few pages in such a big font, an author can create characters growing so much on the reader. Whose sparks so easily find a place in my heart. I do not want to analyze how much of what I see in this characters is influences by what I myself experiences, how much of it is Russian, Jewish, how much of it is searching in a foreign world, or the intentionaly naive and trusting. I just want every book to be like this one. To touch the reader like this one do. The world would be a better place than.
****
Ich habe die letzten f眉nf Kapitel dieses Buches durchgeweint - unkontrolliert, endlos, mit laufender Nase. Ich habe Abs盲tze immer wieder gelesen, weil ich in der Mitte eines Satzes stehen bleiben musste, um mir das Wasser aus den Augen zu wischen.
Ich liebe das Russische. Das kurze, lakonische dieser Sprache, die Satzkonstruktionen, wie es sie sonst nur im Lateinischen gibt, die Formen, die im heutigen Deutschen verp枚nt sind, aber im Russischen, im guten, sch枚nen Russichen einer Ljudmila Ulitzkaja, immer noch dazu geh枚ren, noch nicht von der Mode eingeholt sind. Ich liebe es, dass es so umst盲ndlich ist "weil" zu sagen, und es deswegen Texte ohne "weil" sind. Es passiert nicht weil, sondern es passiert. Das Weil kommt danach. In einem nachgeschobenen Kapitel, das pl枚tzlich zwanzig Jahre zur眉ck springt und sich dennoch so fl眉ssig in den Erz盲hlfluss einf眉gt, als werde hier die Zeit nicht wild durcheinander geworfen, sondern folge ihren nat眉rlichen Verlauf. In einem einzelnen Satz. In einem Wort, das pl枚tzlich die wichtigste, beherrschende Eigenschaft einer Figur offen legt.
Es ist nichts magisches in diesem Buch, nicht phantastisches. Alik stirbt (man stelle sich dieses Verb in einer Verlaufsform vor, nicht als abgeschlossene Handlung - auch wenn es diese Unterscheidung im Deustchen nicht so sch枚n, so eindeutig ist wie im Russischen), ein russisch-j眉discher Emigrant in Manhattan, ein nicht besonders erfolgreicher Maler, aber keine gescheiterte Existenz. Es passiert sonst nichts. Keine gro脽en Enth眉llungen. Keine gro脽en Geheimnisse.
Und doch ist da etwas zauberhaftes - ein anderer Blick auf die Wirklichkeit, ein naiver vielleicht, ein zu positiver, einer, der vieles einfach ignoriert - Aliks Blick, der nicht einmal eine Krankenversicherung hat, der bis zum letzten Augenblick und danach das Lachen und die Menschen liebt. Aber vielleicht der einzige, der gl眉cklich machen kann. Denn so viel anders ist der Alltag, den wir alle leben, nicht. Nicht verr眉ckter, als Aliks Sterben. Nicht trostloser als Irinas oder Valentinas Leben. Nicht kindischer, hilfloser als Nina. Nicht... Nicht anders, nur anders gesehen.
Es sind so viele kleine Dinge, die das wunderbare Ganze formen.
All die Figuren, die auftauchen und wieder gehen, all die kurzen Auftritte, die sich mit einem Absatz direkt ins Herz fressen, durch Haut und Muskel und Knochen, schmerzhaft und s眉脽 und unglaublich lebendig. All die Leben, zusammengefasst in wenigen S盲tzen, die Reduktionen von Emigrantenschicks盲len - Emigranten in jedem Sinne, in dem wir alle Emigranten sind, ausgesto脽en aus der Kindheit, aus fr眉heren Beziehungen, aus der Naivit盲t, aus der letzten Wohnung, aus einer Freundschaft, entwurzelte B盲ume, die an neuer Stelle wachsen, vielleicht sch枚ner, als sie sonst je gewesen w盲re. Aber was spielt es f眉r eine Rolle, wenn man keine zweite Chance hat? Oder, wie Irina (oder die Autorin?) denkt: Die Vergangenheit ist nicht r眉ckg盲ngig zu machen. Und was soll man da 眉berhaupt r眉ckg盲ngig machen?
Ich will nicht analysieren, wie man es schafft, auf so wenigen Seiten in einer so gro脽en Schrift, Figuren zu erschaffen, die dem Leser so ans Herz wachsen. Deren Funke etwas ist, was sich so leicht einen Platz in meinem Herzen finden. Ich will nicht analysieren, wie viel davon, was ich in diesen Figuren sehe, dadurch beeinflusst ist, was ich selbst erlebt habe, wie viel davon russisch, j眉disch, in der Fremde suchend, mit Absicht naiv und zu vertrauensvoll ist. Ich will einfach, dass jedes Buch so ist. Jedes Buch so ber眉hrt. Dann w盲re die Welt besser.
August 10, 2023
The four main women in this Russian novella really made the difference here. They really did shine like beacons, and I've read novels three time as long and not had the same three-dimensional depth as what's on offer here. With themes of love, identity and emigr茅s, and set around the time at the end of Gorbachev's Soviet Union in a baking hot Manhattan, Ulitskaya acutely observes these women - a former lover and a one-time circus acrobat; the paranoid alcoholic wife of Alik, who is the failed painter on his deathbed; his Italian neighbour, Gioia; and his latest mistress, Valentina - all in a manner of light screwball antics and deep tender affection as they share in the immigrant experience of America, whilst Ulitskaya also gives personal histories told in flashbacks thus you really get a sense of who they truly are. Had not even heard of book nor writer a few weeks back, and I took a chance, and pleasantly surprised by just how much I liked it. Gone are the days when I thought all Russian lit was miserable.
September 14, 2021
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July 21, 2022
丿乇 丌倬丕乇鬲賲丕賳鈥�-丌鬲賱蹖賴 蹖讴 賳賯丕卮 賲丨鬲囟乇 丿賵爻鬲丕賳卮 噩賲毓 卮丿賴鈥� 賵 丕賳诏丕乇 亘賴 賲賴賲丕賳蹖 丌賲丿賴鈥屫з嗀�...賳賯丕卮蹖 讴賴 丕賳诏丕乇 賲賴乇賴 賲丕乇 丿丕卮鬲賴 賵 丿乇 夭賲丕賳 爻賱丕賲鬲蹖 賴賲賴 乇丕 噩匕亘 賲蹖鈥屭┴必�. 賴乇 賮乇丿 丕蹖賳 噩賲毓 賯氐賴 倬乇 睾氐賴鈥屸€屫й� 丿丕乇丿 讴賴 丿乇 賲蹖丕賳 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 丕氐賱蹖貙 亘丕 丕爻鬲丕丿蹖 亘蹖丕賳 賲蹖鈥屫促堌�. 氐丨賳賴鈥屬囏й屰� 讴賴 丕夭 丿蹖丿 賳賯丕卮 乇賵 亘賴 賲乇诏 乇賵丕蹖鬲 賲蹖鈥屫促堎嗀� 丿乇禺卮丕賳賳丿.
賴賲诏蹖 賲賴丕噩乇丕賳 乇賵爻 丿乇 丕賲乇蹖讴丕...
賴賲诏蹖 賲賴丕噩乇丕賳 乇賵爻 丿乇 丕賲乇蹖讴丕...
July 10, 2024
A satire and character based novel of the Russian immigrant experience of the USA. Alik is dying and has decided to die in his rundown apartment home rather than in a hospital. Alik is a free spirited painter who is liked by many, particularly women! His wife Nina, who drinks lots of alcohol, requests that Alik, a Jew, undergo baptism by a priest. Alik agrees as long as a rabbi is present!
During his last days a number of friends and former lovers come and go from Alik鈥檚 apartment. One time lover, Irina, once a circus acrobat and exotic dancer, now a lawyer, pays Alik鈥檚 medical bills. Alik has never been good with money. Lately he has not sold any of his paintings.
An entertaining read with distinctive characters.
This book was first published in 1999.
During his last days a number of friends and former lovers come and go from Alik鈥檚 apartment. One time lover, Irina, once a circus acrobat and exotic dancer, now a lawyer, pays Alik鈥檚 medical bills. Alik has never been good with money. Lately he has not sold any of his paintings.
An entertaining read with distinctive characters.
This book was first published in 1999.
June 11, 2024
隆Maldita Bohemia!, exclama en determinado momento uno de los tantos personajes que conforman esta novela, refiri茅ndose a los inconvenientes de este tipo de vida en la que coexisten la despreocupaci贸n por el mundo convencional con la frecuente falta de dinero. En esta vida bohemia que enmarca este relato se dan cita una serie de mediocres artistas, alegres borrachos, desempleados sin preocupaciones, curanderas m谩gicas, una ex acr贸bata de circo, personas ex贸ticas eternamente sin dinero y con deudas, amantes, ex amantes y desde luego la esposa del moribundo pintor llamado Alik, quien lleg贸 tiempo atr谩s procedente de Rusia a ese teatro callejero llamado Nueva York. Todos ellos est谩n pendientes del carism谩tico Alik quien vive en una especie de almac茅n habilitado como vivienda y alguna vez taller de pintura. Las escenas que se desarrollan en esa vivienda son m谩s propias de una alegre inauguraci贸n que del aposento de un moribundo. A pesar del estado de salud de Alik a煤n se mueven sus ojos vivaces y l煤cidos en ese cuerpo semimuerto y el buen humor no lo abandona.
La autora crea un peque帽o cosmos, en donde la mayor铆a de los concurrentes son rusos y rusos-jud铆os en ese ca贸tico almac茅n neoyorkino al cual llega, a cualquier hora del d铆a o de la noche sin mediar aviso, un sinn煤mero de personas, incluso m煤sicos callejeros y un par de sacerdotes de diferente credo para tratar de bautizar a Alik.
La novela se encuentra ambientada en la Gran Manzana hacia 1991 en donde muchos refugiados de las vilezas del r茅gimen sovi茅tico, que a diario les hac铆a tragar grandes dosis de sufrimiento, han encontrado una nueva forma de vivir. Ese partido autoritario que hab铆a dominado a la gran Uni贸n de Rep煤blicas Socialistas Sovi茅ticas (URSS) se ven铆a abajo estrepitosamente a la par que la doctrina imperante hasta entonces y a la par que Alik. La URSS dejar铆a de existir como tal.
Es asombroso como en no muchas p谩ginas la autora nos seduce con la creaci贸n de sus muy variados personajes: Alik, Nina la desequilibrada esposa de 茅ste, Valentina una ex amante de 茅l, Irina una gran pasi贸n del pintor y su hija Maika, la parca y fea mujer italiana llamada Goia, el m茅dico Firma Gruber, la curandera Mar铆a Ign谩tievna y los sacerdotes me parecen una creaci贸n estupenda. Hay muchos m谩s personajes, pareciera que la autora tiene la virtud de crear a cada tanto un interesante y pintoresco car谩cter. Como se puede apreciar muchos de ellos son mujeres.
Fant谩stico el estilo de Liudmila Ulitskaya (1943), sencillo, inteligente y claro, pero a la vez meticuloso, sin artificios; no en balde se la ha mencionado en algunos c铆rculos como candidata para obtener el Premio Nobel de Literatura, esto independientemente de que ha sido premiada ya con m煤ltiples galardones literarios de prestigio
.
No omito mencionar la excelente traducci贸n de V铆ctor Gallego Ballestero, gran experto en letras rusas, sin su trabajo no hubiera disfrutado tanto esta novela.
La autora crea un peque帽o cosmos, en donde la mayor铆a de los concurrentes son rusos y rusos-jud铆os en ese ca贸tico almac茅n neoyorkino al cual llega, a cualquier hora del d铆a o de la noche sin mediar aviso, un sinn煤mero de personas, incluso m煤sicos callejeros y un par de sacerdotes de diferente credo para tratar de bautizar a Alik.
La novela se encuentra ambientada en la Gran Manzana hacia 1991 en donde muchos refugiados de las vilezas del r茅gimen sovi茅tico, que a diario les hac铆a tragar grandes dosis de sufrimiento, han encontrado una nueva forma de vivir. Ese partido autoritario que hab铆a dominado a la gran Uni贸n de Rep煤blicas Socialistas Sovi茅ticas (URSS) se ven铆a abajo estrepitosamente a la par que la doctrina imperante hasta entonces y a la par que Alik. La URSS dejar铆a de existir como tal.
Es asombroso como en no muchas p谩ginas la autora nos seduce con la creaci贸n de sus muy variados personajes: Alik, Nina la desequilibrada esposa de 茅ste, Valentina una ex amante de 茅l, Irina una gran pasi贸n del pintor y su hija Maika, la parca y fea mujer italiana llamada Goia, el m茅dico Firma Gruber, la curandera Mar铆a Ign谩tievna y los sacerdotes me parecen una creaci贸n estupenda. Hay muchos m谩s personajes, pareciera que la autora tiene la virtud de crear a cada tanto un interesante y pintoresco car谩cter. Como se puede apreciar muchos de ellos son mujeres.
Fant谩stico el estilo de Liudmila Ulitskaya (1943), sencillo, inteligente y claro, pero a la vez meticuloso, sin artificios; no en balde se la ha mencionado en algunos c铆rculos como candidata para obtener el Premio Nobel de Literatura, esto independientemente de que ha sido premiada ya con m煤ltiples galardones literarios de prestigio
.
No omito mencionar la excelente traducci贸n de V铆ctor Gallego Ballestero, gran experto en letras rusas, sin su trabajo no hubiera disfrutado tanto esta novela.
April 9, 2021
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鬲賵蹖 丿丕爻鬲丕賳貙 亘賴 卮禺氐蹖鬲鈥屬囏� 丕賳賯丿乇 禺賵亘 倬乇丿丕禺鬲賴 卮丿賴 讴賴 卮賲丕 鬲讴 鬲讴卮賵賳 乇賵 鬲賵蹖 夭賳丿诏蹖 乇賵夭賲乇賴 賲蹖卮賳丕卮蹖丿鈥�: 丌賱讴貙 賳蹖賳丕貙 鬲蹖鈥屫簇必� 賵... .
讴鬲丕亘 丨丕賱 賵 賴賵丕蹖 賲賴丕噩乇賴丕 乇賵 禺賵亘 亘蹖丕賳 讴乇丿賴. 丌丿賲丕蹖 讴鬲丕亘貙 趩賳丿爻丕賱賴 賲賴丕噩乇賽 丌賲乇蹖讴丕賳 賵賱蹖 賴賳賵夭 丿賱卮賵賳 亘丕 乇賵爻蹖賴鈥屫池� 亘丕 賵胤賳.
丕賵賳丕 亘丕 卮賳蹖丿賳 蹖賴 禺亘乇 噩丿蹖丿 丕夭 乇賵爻蹖賴貙 賳诏乇丕賳 賲蹖鈥屫促嗀� 讴丕乇賴丕卮賵賳 乇賵 賵賱 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗁� 賵 賴賲賴 趩卮賲 賲蹖丿賵夭賳 亘賴 氐賮丨賴鈥屰� 鬲賱賵蹖夭蹖賵賳 卮丕蹖丿 丌丿賲 丌卮賳丕蹖蹖 亘亘蹖賳賳.
賲賳 毓丕卮賯賽 乇賵丨賽 乇賵爻蹖 鬲賵蹖 丿丕爻鬲丕賳鈥屬囏й� 乇賵爻蹖賴鈥屫з呚� 賲禺氐賵氐丕賸 丕賵賳丕蹖蹖 讴賴 丿乇亘丕乇賴鈥屰� 卮賵乇賵蹖賴 蹖丕 鬲賵蹖 丕賵賳 丿賵乇丕賳 賳賵卮鬲賴 卮丿賴. 乇賵爻鈥屬囏� 鬲賵蹖 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘鈥屬囏ж� 賳賲蹖丕賳 亘賴 賲丕 亘诏賳 賳跇丕丿 亘乇鬲乇賳貙 賳賲蹖丕賳 亘诏賳 亘賯蹖賴 丿賳蹖丕 丕丨賲賯賳 賵 丕賵賳丕 亘丕賴賵卮鈥屫臂屬嗁� 賲賱鬲鈥屬囏�. 乇賵丨賽 乇賵爻蹖貙 卮亘蹖賴 亘賵蹖 賳賵賳 鬲丕夭賴鈥屫池�. 讴丕乇蹖 亘丕 讴鬲丕亘 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗁� 讴賴 蹖賴 禺胤卮 乇賵 亘禺賵賳蹖貙 亘诏蹖 "丕蹖賳 賲丕賱 乇賵爻蹖賴鈥屫池�(賳賴 乇賵爻鈥屬囏ж� 亘賱讴賴 乇賵爻蹖賴)". 乇賵丨賽 乇賵爻蹖貙 丕夭 賵胤賳 賲蹖鈥屭囏� 丿賵爻鬲卮 丿丕乇賴貙 亘賴卮 賵氐賱賴 賵 賴乇 噩賵乇蹖 丨爻丕亘 讴賳蹖貙 噩丿丕 賳賲蹖鈥屫促�. 乇賵丨賽 乇賵爻蹖貙 亘丕 氐丿丕蹖 亘丕賱丕賱丕蹖讴丕 賵 亘賵蹖 讴丕卮丕 夭賳丿賴 賲蹖鈥屫促�. 賵丕爻賴 賴賲蹖賳 趩蹖夭丕爻鬲 讴賴 賲賳 毓丕卮賯賽 丕丿亘蹖丕鬲 乇賵爻蹖賴鈥屫з�:)
倬.賳: 蹖賴 爻乇蹖 讴鬲丕亘鈥屬囏� 賵 丿丕爻鬲丕賳鈥屬囏� 賴爻鬲賳貙 亘賵蹖 丕蹖乇丕賳 賲蹖丿賳. 亘賴 賳馗乇賲 丕丿亘蹖丕鬲賽 賮丕乇爻蹖 賲毓丕氐乇 賲丕 賴賲趩蹖賳 趩蹖夭丕蹖蹖 乇賵 讴賲 丿丕乇賴貨 趩蹖夭蹖 讴賴 蹖賴 禺胤卮 乇賵 亘禺賵賳蹖 賵 亘诏蹖: "丕蹖賳 亘賵蹖 賵胤賳 賲蹖丿賴."
November 16, 2016
I got exactly zero anything from reading this book. I challenge any of my friends to ask me about it one year from now, and I'll buy you any beer you want if I even remember that I read it. In fact, I finished it yesterday, and I think I already forgot most of it. I'm going to do some research and see if I missed something really important about it, but barring that, I wouldn't waste my time.
November 19, 2016
Nothing "wrong" with this book, but I found myself uninvolved and unmoved as I read through its 150-odd pages. Perhaps because I'm not Russian? Not an immigrant? Maybe there's something specific and evocative about this story that I don't appreciate?
November 16, 2023
De titel zegt alles. Een ge毛migreerde Rus ligt te sterven in New York, omringd door alles en iedereen die in zijn leven belangrijk was. Het mondt uit in een bijeenkomst van halvegaren die op geen enkele andere manier elkaars nabijheid zouden hebben opgezocht, maar nu, voor hun oude stervende kunstenaar en vriend, hun glas hoog heffen en onbeschaamd doen wat hun gepast lijkt op zijn herdenkingsfeest.
Een heerlijke clash tussen de Russische en Amerikaanse cultuur, hoe emigranten een rare mengelmoes van beide volkeren worden.
Een heerlijke clash tussen de Russische en Amerikaanse cultuur, hoe emigranten een rare mengelmoes van beide volkeren worden.
January 4, 2015
Din momentul 卯n care am aflat c膬 Uli葲kaia are un roman intitulat 鈥澝巒morm芒ntare vesel膬鈥�, mi s-a pus pata, trebuia s膬 fac rost de el - dar nu l-am mai g膬sit dec芒t la bibliotec膬. 脦mi imaginam deja o poveste cu mult umor negru, cu un amestec de cinism, vulgaritate 葯i melancolie, infuzat膬 de pitore葯tile tradi葲ii ruse葯ti pe care autoarea le pune at芒t de bine 卯n valoare. Cam a葯a a 葯i fost, iar cartea mi-a pl膬cut foarte mult. Ce mai, n-ai cum s膬 nu iube葯ti Rusia din pove葯tile Ludmilei Uli葲kaia, oric芒te lucuri rele ai auzit despre 葲ara asta p芒n膬 acum.
Toate personajele din 鈥澝巒morm芒ntare vesel膬鈥� au p膬r膬sit p膬m芒ntul natal 卯n c膬utarea unei vie葲i mai bune 卯n America. Fuga asta este ceea ce le une葯te, 卯n ciuda diferen葲elor de opinii 葯i de caracter. 脦ns膬 le mai une葯te ceva: un om aflat pe patul de moarte. Pictorul Alik se stinge 卯ncet, 卯n urma unei boli misterioase care i-a paralizat 卯ntregul corp. Doar ochii mai sunt vii 卯n trupul uscat, de vorbit vorbe葯te din ce 卯n ce mai greu, 卯ns膬 farmecul lui extraordinar - care i-a atras dintotdeauna pe oameni - continu膬 s膬 卯葯i exercite puterea. Depozitul-atelier 卯n care tr膬ie葯te cu so葲ia Nina este plin 卯n fiecare zi de prieteni: cu pahare de b膬utur膬 卯n m芒n膬, ei roiesc 卯n jurul lui Alik ca fluturii atra葯i de lumin膬, mai cu seam膬 femeile pe care le-a iubit, 葯i care continu膬 s膬-i fie devotate.
Este, mai degrab膬, o atmosfer膬 de vernisaj sau de petrecere, dec芒t una potrivit膬 pentru un muribund. 脦ns膬 exact asta a iubit mai mult Alik 卯n via葲膬: petrecerile al膬turi pe prietenii s膬i, o adun膬tur膬 pestri葲膬 de oameni feluri葲i pe care el i-a str芒ns laolalt膬. Acum to葲i 卯l ajut膬 cum pot, pl膬tindu-i datoriile, sp膬l芒ndu-l, hr膬nindu-l, falsific芒nd acte pentru a-l interna 卯n spital. Oameni necunoscu葲i ajung 卯n acest sanctuar rusesc din mijlocul New York-ului 葯i se lipesc de el - de om, dar mai ales de ceea ce reprezint膬 el: spiritul viu al unei 葲膬ri renegate 葯i uitate, care continu膬 totu葯i s膬 mocneasc膬 ad芒nc 卯n sufletul fiec膬rui emigrant.
Dac膬 ave葲i chef s膬 citi葲i mai mult dec芒t at芒t, varianta lung膬 se afl膬 pe blog:
Toate personajele din 鈥澝巒morm芒ntare vesel膬鈥� au p膬r膬sit p膬m芒ntul natal 卯n c膬utarea unei vie葲i mai bune 卯n America. Fuga asta este ceea ce le une葯te, 卯n ciuda diferen葲elor de opinii 葯i de caracter. 脦ns膬 le mai une葯te ceva: un om aflat pe patul de moarte. Pictorul Alik se stinge 卯ncet, 卯n urma unei boli misterioase care i-a paralizat 卯ntregul corp. Doar ochii mai sunt vii 卯n trupul uscat, de vorbit vorbe葯te din ce 卯n ce mai greu, 卯ns膬 farmecul lui extraordinar - care i-a atras dintotdeauna pe oameni - continu膬 s膬 卯葯i exercite puterea. Depozitul-atelier 卯n care tr膬ie葯te cu so葲ia Nina este plin 卯n fiecare zi de prieteni: cu pahare de b膬utur膬 卯n m芒n膬, ei roiesc 卯n jurul lui Alik ca fluturii atra葯i de lumin膬, mai cu seam膬 femeile pe care le-a iubit, 葯i care continu膬 s膬-i fie devotate.
Este, mai degrab膬, o atmosfer膬 de vernisaj sau de petrecere, dec芒t una potrivit膬 pentru un muribund. 脦ns膬 exact asta a iubit mai mult Alik 卯n via葲膬: petrecerile al膬turi pe prietenii s膬i, o adun膬tur膬 pestri葲膬 de oameni feluri葲i pe care el i-a str芒ns laolalt膬. Acum to葲i 卯l ajut膬 cum pot, pl膬tindu-i datoriile, sp膬l芒ndu-l, hr膬nindu-l, falsific芒nd acte pentru a-l interna 卯n spital. Oameni necunoscu葲i ajung 卯n acest sanctuar rusesc din mijlocul New York-ului 葯i se lipesc de el - de om, dar mai ales de ceea ce reprezint膬 el: spiritul viu al unei 葲膬ri renegate 葯i uitate, care continu膬 totu葯i s膬 mocneasc膬 ad芒nc 卯n sufletul fiec膬rui emigrant.
Dac膬 ave葲i chef s膬 citi葲i mai mult dec芒t at芒t, varianta lung膬 se afl膬 pe blog:
November 22, 2016
It's a super-fast read (a few hours), and I read it in a post-election rage so it took me a while to settle into it, but it was enjoyable and impermanent, much like our worthless and short lives which are only made meaningful by the relationships we have in them. Even the gestures we make -- a tape here, a check there -- are small and insignificant, worn out by the repetition of generations, and only cherished by those closest to us.
That got dark fast.
To be honest, I don't remember much; but it captures the place and the time well, and the prose is pleasingly unburdensome. It's an immigrant story, and this immigrant (emigrant, I guess) appreciate it at this particular turn around the sun.
That got dark fast.
To be honest, I don't remember much; but it captures the place and the time well, and the prose is pleasingly unburdensome. It's an immigrant story, and this immigrant (emigrant, I guess) appreciate it at this particular turn around the sun.
February 27, 2021
Alik umiera a okolo jeho smrte木nej postele sa zhroma啪dia osudov茅 啪eny jeho 啪ivota. Vyvst谩va ot谩zka 鈥� 膷i sk么r t煤啪ba jednej z 啪ien 鈥� da钮 ho pokrsti钮, Alik v拧ak k艌aza prijme, len ak pr铆de aj rab铆n. Takmer groteska, bizarn媒 i pekn媒 pr铆beh, vyrozpr谩van媒 inak, ne啪 sme u Uli膷nej zvyknut铆, 木ahk媒m a啪 木ahktik谩rskym sp么sobom, pln谩 膷arovn媒ch epiz贸d, postrehov a popisov.
"...predov拧etk媒m z neho vy啪arovalo nie膷o ve木mi vz谩cne, a to dokonal茅 presved膷enie, 啪e 啪ivot sa za膷铆na nasluduj煤cim pondelkom a v膷eraj拧ok mo啪no 煤plne vy膷iarknu钮, najm盲, ak nebol celkom vydaren媒."
"...predov拧etk媒m z neho vy啪arovalo nie膷o ve木mi vz谩cne, a to dokonal茅 presved膷enie, 啪e 啪ivot sa za膷铆na nasluduj煤cim pondelkom a v膷eraj拧ok mo啪no 煤plne vy膷iarknu钮, najm盲, ak nebol celkom vydaren媒."
December 23, 2022
蹖讴 賳賮乇 貙蹖讴 賳賯丕卮 乇賵爻 讴賴 丕夭 乇賵爻蹖賴 賮乇丕乇讴乇丿賴貙丿乇丨丕賱 丕丨鬲囟丕乇 丕爻鬲 賵 丕蹖賳 丕氐賱丕 禺賳丿賴鈥屫ж� 賳蹖爻鬲.
賵賱蹖 賲賵賯毓蹖鬲 丌丿賲鈥屬囏� 賵 丕胤乇丕賮蹖丕賳卮貙丿乇诏蹖乇蹖鈥屬囏й屫簇з� 賵 丿睾丿睾賴鈥屬囏� 賵 毓卮賯 賵 賳賮乇鬲鈥屬囏й屫簇з� 亘賴 卮丿鬲 禺賳丿賴鈥屫ж� 丕爻鬲.
乇賵丕亘胤蹖 爻胤丨蹖 賵 毓賲蹖賯 讴賴 丨賵賱 賲丨賵乇 賲丨鬲囟乇 卮讴賱 诏乇賮鬲賴鈥屫з嗀�.
亘賴乇乇賵蹖 亘賴 賳馗乇賲 丕蹖丿賴鈥屰� 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 噩丕賱亘 賵 噩丿蹖丿賴.
賳诏丕賴 賳蹖賲賴 胤賳夭 賵 讴賲蹖讴蹖 賴賲 亘賴 禺賵丿 賲賯賵賱賴鈥屰� 賲乇诏 丿丕乇丿.
賵賱蹖 賲賵賯毓蹖鬲 丌丿賲鈥屬囏� 賵 丕胤乇丕賮蹖丕賳卮貙丿乇诏蹖乇蹖鈥屬囏й屫簇з� 賵 丿睾丿睾賴鈥屬囏� 賵 毓卮賯 賵 賳賮乇鬲鈥屬囏й屫簇з� 亘賴 卮丿鬲 禺賳丿賴鈥屫ж� 丕爻鬲.
乇賵丕亘胤蹖 爻胤丨蹖 賵 毓賲蹖賯 讴賴 丨賵賱 賲丨賵乇 賲丨鬲囟乇 卮讴賱 诏乇賮鬲賴鈥屫з嗀�.
亘賴乇乇賵蹖 亘賴 賳馗乇賲 丕蹖丿賴鈥屰� 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 噩丕賱亘 賵 噩丿蹖丿賴.
賳诏丕賴 賳蹖賲賴 胤賳夭 賵 讴賲蹖讴蹖 賴賲 亘賴 禺賵丿 賲賯賵賱賴鈥屰� 賲乇诏 丿丕乇丿.
November 26, 2020
泻邪泻 屑芯卸械褌 斜褘褌褜 芯写薪芯胁褉械屑械薪薪芯 褌邪泻 谐褉褍褋褌薪芯 懈 褉邪写芯褋褌薪芯? 懈 泻邪泻 校谢懈褑泻邪褟 胁褋褢 褝褌芯 写械谢邪械褌? 胁芯褋褌芯褉谐!
October 28, 2019
Volim kad ljudi ne 啪ive u mikrosvijetu,kad imaju otvoren um i hrabrost za pustolovine.Takav je Alik,junak ove pri膷e.
September 28, 2022
Na FB som si pozna膷il:
V r谩mci tr谩penia s kovidom 膷铆tam skvel媒 "Vesel媒 pohreb" 慕udmily Ulickej. A tam sa v jednom dial贸gu medzi rusk媒mi emigrantami v New Yorku zaskvela t谩to replika.
"Pri拧la si z Ruska a Amerika ti je 拧pinav谩? To ma podr啪!"
H木a, ak媒 kontext.
A nie len v kontexte presnej diagn贸zy Ruska, presakuj煤cej z textu v pr铆behoch rusk媒ch emigrantov v New Yorku, je toto jedna z najlep拧铆ch kn铆h, 膷o som v tomto roku 膷铆tal. Fascinuj煤ce, ako autorka dok谩zala na malej ploche ve木mi presne a presved膷ivo predstavi钮 mno啪stvo 煤plne odli拧n媒ch post谩v bublaj煤cej rusko-啪idovskej diasp贸ry s mno啪stvom osobn媒ch pr铆behov. Brilantn茅.
V r谩mci tr谩penia s kovidom 膷铆tam skvel媒 "Vesel媒 pohreb" 慕udmily Ulickej. A tam sa v jednom dial贸gu medzi rusk媒mi emigrantami v New Yorku zaskvela t谩to replika.
"Pri拧la si z Ruska a Amerika ti je 拧pinav谩? To ma podr啪!"
H木a, ak媒 kontext.
A nie len v kontexte presnej diagn贸zy Ruska, presakuj煤cej z textu v pr铆behoch rusk媒ch emigrantov v New Yorku, je toto jedna z najlep拧铆ch kn铆h, 膷o som v tomto roku 膷铆tal. Fascinuj煤ce, ako autorka dok谩zala na malej ploche ve木mi presne a presved膷ivo predstavi钮 mno啪stvo 煤plne odli拧n媒ch post谩v bublaj煤cej rusko-啪idovskej diasp贸ry s mno啪stvom osobn媒ch pr铆behov. Brilantn茅.
May 25, 2016
Meu funeral russo
As narrativas da russa Ludmila Ulitskaya se materializam numa fissura entre o residual da Uni茫o Sovi茅tica e o emergente da (nova) R煤ssia. A quest茫o, ent茫o, que seus romances tentam investigar 茅: o que 茅 o hegem么nico? Isso fica bem claro nas quase 600 p谩ginas de THE BIG GREEN TENT, lan莽ado em ingl锚s no final do ano passado, um romance monumental que acompanha o desmantelamento da Uni茫o Sovi茅tica. Sua primeira obra lan莽ada em ingl锚s THE FUNERAL PARTY (Trad. Cathy Porters) tem pouco mais de 150 p谩ginas, mas tamb茅m tenta dar conta de um momento parecido.
Poderia se chamar My Big Fat Russian Funeral, nas m茫os de um escritor menos talentoso, menos propenso a trabalhar o material hist贸rico, mas Ludmila lida exatamente com a intersec莽茫o entre o hist贸rico e o pessoal, e a morte do protagonista, um pintor russo chamado Alik que mora nos EUA, 茅 simbolicamente o fim do come莽o da Uni茫o Sovi茅tica. Montando um panorama apaixonado e variado da comunidade imigrante, o romance 茅 permeado por d煤vidas e incertezas.
A mulher dele, Nina, implora que ele, agn贸stico, se batize. O pintor aceita conversar com um padre, se tamb茅m conversar com um rabino. 脡 s谩bado, e Nina sabe que nenhum rabino poder谩 vir, ent茫o se adianta a trazer o padre para que esse tenha alguma vantagem. Esse 茅 apenas um dos epis贸dios c么micos que se d茫o no claustrof贸bico apartamento do casal durante uma onda de calor, enquanto ele agoniza e ex-amantes, amigos e amigas entram e saem, para cuidar e se despedir dele.
Como pode caber tanta vida num romance t茫o curto? N茫o sei, mas cabe. Ludmila vai e volta no tempo, faz pequenos e grandes perfis dessas pessoas que cercam Alik, todos com algum la莽o com a Uni茫o Sovi茅tica que est谩 ruindo. Aos poucos, a narrativa tamb茅m evidencia o contraste entre a cultura russa e a americana, uma pautada por um fatalismo sombrio, enquanto a outra, t茫o perdida em si mesma, n茫o 茅 capaz de perceber o mundo que a cerca.
As narrativas da russa Ludmila Ulitskaya se materializam numa fissura entre o residual da Uni茫o Sovi茅tica e o emergente da (nova) R煤ssia. A quest茫o, ent茫o, que seus romances tentam investigar 茅: o que 茅 o hegem么nico? Isso fica bem claro nas quase 600 p谩ginas de THE BIG GREEN TENT, lan莽ado em ingl锚s no final do ano passado, um romance monumental que acompanha o desmantelamento da Uni茫o Sovi茅tica. Sua primeira obra lan莽ada em ingl锚s THE FUNERAL PARTY (Trad. Cathy Porters) tem pouco mais de 150 p谩ginas, mas tamb茅m tenta dar conta de um momento parecido.
Poderia se chamar My Big Fat Russian Funeral, nas m茫os de um escritor menos talentoso, menos propenso a trabalhar o material hist贸rico, mas Ludmila lida exatamente com a intersec莽茫o entre o hist贸rico e o pessoal, e a morte do protagonista, um pintor russo chamado Alik que mora nos EUA, 茅 simbolicamente o fim do come莽o da Uni茫o Sovi茅tica. Montando um panorama apaixonado e variado da comunidade imigrante, o romance 茅 permeado por d煤vidas e incertezas.
A mulher dele, Nina, implora que ele, agn贸stico, se batize. O pintor aceita conversar com um padre, se tamb茅m conversar com um rabino. 脡 s谩bado, e Nina sabe que nenhum rabino poder谩 vir, ent茫o se adianta a trazer o padre para que esse tenha alguma vantagem. Esse 茅 apenas um dos epis贸dios c么micos que se d茫o no claustrof贸bico apartamento do casal durante uma onda de calor, enquanto ele agoniza e ex-amantes, amigos e amigas entram e saem, para cuidar e se despedir dele.
Como pode caber tanta vida num romance t茫o curto? N茫o sei, mas cabe. Ludmila vai e volta no tempo, faz pequenos e grandes perfis dessas pessoas que cercam Alik, todos com algum la莽o com a Uni茫o Sovi茅tica que est谩 ruindo. Aos poucos, a narrativa tamb茅m evidencia o contraste entre a cultura russa e a americana, uma pautada por um fatalismo sombrio, enquanto a outra, t茫o perdida em si mesma, n茫o 茅 capaz de perceber o mundo que a cerca.
February 16, 2015
Home. A powerful and multipurpose word. Some argue it is where ever you and yours are, others that it is a place that one can never return to once they have left. This is one of the many complex themes tackled in Ludmila Ulitskaya鈥檚 novel The Funeral Party. Manhattan in the summer can be an oppressive place, for a group of Russian immigrants it is made all the more unbearable because they are gathered together to sit by the death bed of a beloved friend, Alik. An artist, friend to all, and particular lover of women, Alik is confined to his loft apartment where many desperate friends wander in and out to visit him, support each other, and ultimately to form and ad hoc family. Alik鈥檚 alcoholic wife is desperate to have him baptized before his death, while their remains the question of reconciling to the faith of his birth with the help of a rabbi. Also at his side are his mistress, a former lover and her young daughter as well as young doctor, unable to pass his exams in the US due to his difficulty with the written and spoken language. They are joined by a recent 茅migr茅, recently reunited with her son. As the group argues, drinks Vodka and supports one another, a coup is attempted in Moscow and politics what it means to be Russian enters the discussion. Emotionally charged and filled with insights into life and death, love and heartbreak, home and immigration The Funeral Party is a powerful book, one that should not be missed.
February 28, 2021
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October 3, 2021
I'm writing this review from the position of an unconventional reader. I came across this book in my research of a lost relative. This relative of mine was a painter from Russia who immigrated to the US. In doing my research, I learned that this fictional book was written, or more so inspired, by him and his death. I know very little about him in reality so I cannot tell you how close to reality the book is, but that, in all honesty, is part of the pain and magic of reading this book. Ulitskaya beautiful captures the transience of life and the bonds we create along the way, how important they are in making a place our home. She writes about the mindset and experience of immigrants in such a way that is heart-wrenching and relatable at the same time. Reading this book as fiction but knowing that it had connections to a member of my family that I didn't know of, left many questions on my mind. How close to reality is the story? Despite my connection, I would recommend this book to anyone. It has instantly become one of my favorite books.
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