One of the reasons I read fiction is to learn history. Oh, I read historical non-fiction and took too many history classes in college and all that jazz, but sometimes novels make history really in a way that most non-fiction writers can’t. I’ve been reading about Ludmila Ulitskaya’s The Big Green Te...
http://olvasonaplo.freeblog.hu/archives/2008/04/30/Ljudmila_Ulickaja_Odaado_hivetek_Surik/
http://www.bostonbibliophile.com/2008/11/review-medea-and-her-children-by.html
http://www.bostonbibliophile.com/2009/03/review-funeral-party-by-ludmila.html
NO SPOILERS!Finished; I thought I would like this so much, so I am quite disappointed! The author's imagery is beautiful, but didn't draw me to any of the characters. Several were annoying as hell! For me their behavior was superficial and hurtful or pitiful. I DO think families have all the ingred...