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    Ukrainian Stories

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  • Beautiful Twentysomethings

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    Series series NIU Series in Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies
    Marek Hlasko's literary autobiography is a vivid, first-hand account of the life of a young writer in 1950s Poland and a fascinating portrait of the ultimately short-lived rebel generation. Told in a voice suffused with grit and morbid humor, Hlasko's memoir was a classic of its time. In it he recounts his adventures and misadventures, moving swiftly from one tale to the next. Like many writers of ... Read more

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  • Memoir of a Gulag Actress

    Translated by Ross Ufberg, Yasha Yakov Klots ...
    Series series NIU Series in Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies
    In an abridged translation that retains the grace and passion of the original, Klots and Ufberg present the stunning memoir of a young woman who became an actress in the Gulag. Tamara Petkevich had a relatively privileged childhood in the beautiful, impoverished Petrograd of the Soviet regime's early years, but when her father—a fervent believer in the Communist ideal—was arrested, 17-year-old ... Read more

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  • Dead as Doornails

    Series series Irish Literature
    Dead as Doornails**, first published in 1976, brings back into print a true classic of Irish memoir. Anthony Cronin’s account of life in post-war literary Dublin is as funny and colorful as one would expect from an intimate of Brendan Behan, Patrick Kavanagh l, and Flann O’Brien.**Dead as Doornails is a clear-eyed and bracing antidote to the kitsch that passes for literary history and memory in ... Read more

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