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Non-fictionJanuary 5, 2011
Trakt Marks: On Ian Frazier’s Siberia
Like Siberia itself, Ian Frazier’s Travels in Siberia seems simply to drift off into the distance.
Elaine Blair
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FictionNovember 11, 2009
Evicted From His Own Head: On Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky
In the stories of Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky, the landscape of the Russian revolution is hostile territory, and terrifying in its scope.
Elaine Blair
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Books and IdeasMarch 25, 2009
The Wait: On Vladimir Sorokin
Elaine Blair In The Queue, Vladimir Sorokin offers a biting and hilarious portrait of a central ritual of Soviet life.Elaine Blair
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Autobiography and MemoirOctober 29, 2008
The Horror of Dirt: Virginia Woolf and Her Servants
Upstairs and downstairs with Virginia, Vanessa and the Bloomsbury set.
Elaine Blair
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FictionMay 22, 2008
Tight Corners
When Richard Price moves from the urban ruins of New Jersey to the gentrified Lower East Side of Lush Life, things get complicated.
Elaine Blair
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Gender and SexualityMarch 28, 2002