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The Girl from the Metropol Hotel: Growing Up in Communist Russia - Community Reviews back

by Ludmilla Petrushevskaya
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Chris' Fish Place
Chris' Fish Place rated it 6 years ago
Well, this does explain some of those wonderful stories that Petrushevskaya writes.Petrushevskaya's memoir is about her early years - her family's fall from grace, her birth, her life during war time. She lived as a half feral child for several years. But like in her stories, her use of language is ...
Dem
Dem rated it 8 years ago
This is an account of Ludmilla Petrushevaskaya's personal life and experiences growing up in Stalin's Communist Russia. A slim volume of only 149 pages that is unsentimental, vivid and interesting and you cant but help admiring Ludmilla Petrushevaskaya and her feisty personality.Born in 1938 in Mo...
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