{"product_id":"there-once-lived-a-girl-who-seduced-her-sisters-husband-and-he-hanged-himself-paperback-by-ludmilla-petrushevskaya","title":"There Once Lived a Girl Who Seduced Her Sister's Husband, and He Hanged Himself Paperback by Ludmilla Petrushevskaya","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n                            \n                                \n                                    \u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n                                    \u003cul\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cb\u003ePenguin Books\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e(2013-01-29)\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003eEnglish\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e192\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003epages\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e9780143121527\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eItem Weight\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e147.42\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003egrams\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e7.66 x 5.14 x 0.49\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003ecm\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                    \u003c\/ul\u003e\n                                    \u003cbr\u003e\n                                    \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLove stories, with a twist, by Russia’s preeminent contemporary fiction writer—the author of the prizewinning memoir about growing up in Stalinist Russia, \u003ci\u003eThe Girl from the Metropol Hotel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e By turns sly and sweet, burlesque and heartbreaking, these realist fables of women looking for love are the stories that Ludmilla Petrushevskaya—who has been compared to Chekhov, Tolstoy, Beckett, Poe, Angela Carter, and even Stephen King—is best known for in Russia.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Here are attempts at human connection, both depraved and sublime, by people across the life span: one-night stands in communal apartments, poignantly awkward couplings, office trysts, schoolgirl crushes, elopements, tentative courtships, and rampant infidelity, shot through with lurid violence, romantic illusion, and surprising tenderness. With the satirical eye of Cindy Sherman, Petrushevskaya blends macabre spectacle with transformative moments of grace and shows just why she is Russia’s preeminent contemporary fiction writer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                                    \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                                    \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLudmilla Petrushevskaya\u003c\/b\u003e was born in 1938 in Moscow, where she still lives. She is the author of more than fifteen volumes of prose, including the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller \u003ci\u003eThere Once Lived a Woman Who Tried to Kill Her Neighbor’s Baby: Scary Fairy Tales,\u003c\/i\u003e which won a World Fantasy Award and was one of \u003ci\u003eNew York\u003c\/i\u003e magazine’s Ten Best Books of the Year and one of NPR’s Five Best Works of Foreign Fiction; \u003ci\u003eThere Once Lived a Girl Who Seduced Her Sister’s Husband, and He Hanged Himself: Love Stories\u003c\/i\u003e; and a prizewinning memoir, \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Girl from the Metropol Hotel.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e A singular force in modern Russian fiction, she is also a playwright whose work has been staged by leading theater companies all over the world. In 2002 she received Russia’s most prestigious prize, The Triumph, for lifetime achievement.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                                \n                            \n                            \u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Best Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":44900650451105,"sku":"BBSNIJ9780143121527","price":24.32,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0525\/2084\/5473\/files\/9780143121527.jpg?v=1744356675","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbookstore.ca\/products\/there-once-lived-a-girl-who-seduced-her-sisters-husband-and-he-hanged-himself-paperback-by-ludmilla-petrushevskaya","provider":"Best Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}