The literary event of Halloween: a book of otherworldly power from Russia's preeminent contemporary fiction writer
Vanishings and apparitions, nightmares and twists of fate, mysterious ailments and supernatural interventions haunt these stories by the Russian master Ludmilla Petrushevskaya, heir to the spellbinding tradition of Gogol and Poe. Blending the miraculous with the macabre, and leavened by a mischievous gallows humor, these bewitching tales are like nothing being written in Russia-or anywhere else in the world-today.
Language
English
Pages
206
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Release
September 29, 2009
ISBN
0143114662
ISBN 13
9780143114666
There Once Lived a Woman Who Tried to Kill Her Neighbor's Baby: Scary Fairy Tales
The literary event of Halloween: a book of otherworldly power from Russia's preeminent contemporary fiction writer
Vanishings and apparitions, nightmares and twists of fate, mysterious ailments and supernatural interventions haunt these stories by the Russian master Ludmilla Petrushevskaya, heir to the spellbinding tradition of Gogol and Poe. Blending the miraculous with the macabre, and leavened by a mischievous gallows humor, these bewitching tales are like nothing being written in Russia-or anywhere else in the world-today.