Download the fantastic book titled The Funeral Party written by Ludmila Ulitskaya, available in its entirety in both PDF and EPUB formats for online reading. This page includes a concise summary, a preview of the book cover, and detailed information about "The Funeral Party", which was released on 01 December 2010. We suggest perusing the summary before initiating your download. This book is a top selection for enthusiasts of the Fiction genre.
Summary of The Funeral Party by Ludmila Ulitskaya PDF
August 1991. In a sweltering New York City apartment, a group of Russian émigrés gathers round the deathbed of an artist named Alik, a charismatic character beloved by them all, especially the women who take turns nursing him as he fades from this world. Their reminiscences of the dying man and of their lives in Russia are punctuated by debates and squabbles: Whom did Alik love most? Should he be baptized before he dies, as his alcoholic wife, Nina, desperately wishes, or be reconciled to the faith of his birth by a rabbi who happens to be on hand? And what will be the meaning for them of the Yeltsin putsch, which is happening across the world in their long-lost Moscow but also right before their eyes on CNN? This marvelous group of individuals inhabits the first novel by Ludmila Ulitskaya to be published in English, a book that was shortlisted for the Russian Booker Prize and has been praised wherever translated editions have appeared. Simultaneously funny and sad, lyrical in its Russian sorrow and devastatingly keen in its observation of character, The Funeral Party introduces to our shores a wonderful writer who captures, wryly and tenderly, our complex thoughts and emotions confronting life and death, love and loss, homeland and exile.
Detail About The Funeral Party PDF
- Author : Ludmila Ulitskaya
- Publisher : Schocken
- Genre : Fiction
- Total Pages : 162 pages
- ISBN : 030777256X
- Release Date : 01 December 2010
- PDF File Size : 15,5 Mb
- Language : English
- Rating : 4/5 from 21 reviews
Clicking on the GET BOOK button will initiate the downloading process of The Funeral Party by Ludmila Ulitskaya. This book is available in ePub and PDF format with a single click unlimited downloads.