Living Pictures Paperback by Polina Barskova, translated from the Russian by Catherine Ciepiela, introduction by Eugene Ostashevsky Biography & Autobiography - Editors Fevre Dream

Fevre Dream

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Living Pictures Paperback by Polina Barskova, translated from the Russian by Catherine Ciepiela, introduction by Eugene Ostashevsky Biography & Autobiography - Editors Fevre DreamProduct Details Publisher: NYRB Classics (2022 09 06) Language: English Paperback: 192 pages ISBN 13: 9781681376592 Item Weight: 215. 46 grams Dimensions: 7. 96 x 5. 0 x 0. 54 cm A poignant collection of short pieces about the author's hometown, St. Petersburg, Russia, and the siege of Leningrad that combines memoir, history, and fiction. Living Pictures refers to the parlor game of tableaux vivants, in which people dress up in costume to bring scenes