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Anna Andrianova is a trite poet and disastrous parent living at the margin of a disintegrating Soviet culture. Despite heading a household of females—her mother; her daughter, Alyona; and Alyona's illegitimate children—Anna stubbornly subscribes to the Russian myth of traditional motherhood. Challenging that myth is Alyona, a woman of appallingly bad judgment who both needs Anna and hates her. Anna's voyage into the Soviet utopia's underbelly is a testimony to the dire fate of the mother/martyr under Communist rule, yet the journey is undertaken with warped humor and sarcasm—the expression of Anna's desperation and the source of her strength as well. Published in Russia in 1992, The Time: Night serves as a fascinating and hilarious counterbalance to the sanctimonious depictions of Soviet society in its final years.
About the Author:
Ludmilla Prtrushevskaya was born in 1938 and is considered one of the most prominent dramatists in contemporary Russian theater. She is the author of the collection Immortal Love: Stories and the plays Cinzano and Three Girls in Blue.
Sally Laird translated Voices of Russian Literature: Interviews with Ten Contemporary Writers and Petrushevskaya's Immortal Love: Stories.
Presented in the form of scribbled notes written by one Anna Andrianovna in the solitary, desolate, and consoling hours of the night, this extraordinarily intense novel juxtaposes Anna's dreams and despair with startling wit and sublety, resulting in a revelation of modern Russian life that offers a brilliant illumination of the knot of love and fury that binds a family together.
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Amelie Gamet
reviewed Time: Night on October 02, 2016
Time: Night
Sad and funny, mostly at the same time (laugh so you don't cry sort of thing) - the crushing poverty and scavenging for food (not for the narrator, who seems to never eat, but for her grandson); the worthless children; the insane mother :: through it all there is a determination and (not really) optimism (but something transcending cynical realism) on the part of the narrator that makes this an easier read than it has any right to be. It took me half the book to realize I was supposed to be laughing, but once I did I couldn't help but see the absurd humor in the life detailed. There is a great deal of detail crammed into this small volume, providing a bleakly funny overview of women's lives (and struggles) in (somewhat, at the time of publication) modern day Russia.
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