With the death of her aunt, Maria Stepanova is left to sift through
an apartment full of faded photographs, old postcards, letters,
diaries, and heaps of souvenirs: a withered repository of a century
of life in Russia. Carefully reassembled with calm, steady hands,
these shards tell the story of how a seemingly ordinary Jewish
family somehow managed to survive the myriad persecutions and
repressions of the last century. In dialogue with writers like
Roland Barthes, W. G. Sebald, Susan Sontag and Osip
Mandelstam, In Memory of Memory is imbued with rare
intellectual curiosity and a wonderfully soft-spoken, poetic voice.
Dipping into various forms - essay, fiction, memoir, travelogue and
historical documents - Stepanova assembles a vast panorama of ideas
and personalities and offers an entirely new and bold exploration
of cultural and personal memory.
General
Imprint: |
Fitzcarraldo Editions
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
October 2023 |
First published: |
2021 |
Authors: |
Maria Stepanova
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Translators: |
Sasha Dugdale
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Dimensions: |
197 x 114mm (L x W) |
Format: |
Paperback - B-format
|
Pages: |
510 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-80427-058-5 |
Subtitles: |
Russian
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Categories: |
Books
Promotions
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LSN: |
1-80427-058-X |
Barcode: |
9781804270585 |
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