Book 1978

The Deserted House RU

The Deserted House
Lydia Chukovskaya
The Deserted House The Deserted House

 

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Realm
Russian
Author
Lydia Chukovskaya
Title
The Deserted House
Paratexts
Introduction by: Alexis Klimoff
Place of Publication
Belmont, MA
Publisher
Nordland
Illustrations
No
Material Type
Book
Language
English
Translator
Aline B. Werth

 

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Opustelyi dom
Review 1980
Victor Terras. Review of The Deserted House (1978) by Lydia Chukovskaia
Victor Terras

Lydia Chukovskaia’s short novel, written in 1939-40 and first published in 1966, appears here in a reprint of Aline B. Werth’s excellent 1967 translation, which was based, unfortunately, on the Paris book version (Opustelyi dom)...

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Maryka Boshyk
Review 1979
Marika Boshyk. Review of The Deserted House (1978) by Lydia Chukovskaia
Maryka Boshyk

The author states that her story's claim to the reader's attention lies in its documentary value as a work written with the impression of the events of the great purges still fresh in her mind. Written in 1939 at great personal risk and kept hidden until 1961 when Chukovskaia submitted it to Novyi mir for publication...