Russian Women
Penelope Fitzgerald, 1 June 1989
On the Golden Porch
by Tatyana Tolstaya, translated by Antonia Bouis.
Virago, 199 pp., £12.95, May 1989,1 85381 078 9 Show More
by Tatyana Tolstaya, translated by Antonia Bouis.
Virago, 199 pp., £12.95, May 1989,
Balancing Acts: Contemporary Stories by Russian Women
edited by Helena Goscilo.
Indiana, 337 pp., $39.95, April 1989,0 253 31134 9 Show More
edited by Helena Goscilo.
Indiana, 337 pp., $39.95, April 1989,
“... Hard Times’ and Inna Varlamova’s ‘A Threesome’ go back to the village and the kolkhoz, but Goscilo feels able to claim that ‘it offers an unparalleled opportunity to hear Russia’s women speak for and about themselves in their voices.’ Her introduction is in a spirit of generous indignation. She begins with a remark attributed to Lidia ... ”
