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Daphne Kalotay
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English
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"When Nina Revskaya, former star of the Bolshoi Ballet, decides to auction her remarkable jewelry, she hopes to draw a curtain on her past. Instead, she is overwhelmed by memories of glorious and heartbreaking events that changed her life's course half a century before. In Russia, she discovered the theater, fell in love with a famed poet, and became--with her closest friends--a victim of Stalinist aggression. A terrible discovery led to a deadly...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"When Hazel and Remy happen upon each other on a warm Boston spring day, their worlds immediately begin to spin. Remy, a gifted violinist, is married to composer Nicholas Elko, who was once the love of Hazel's life. Over the decades, each buried secrets, disappointments, and betrayals that now threaten to undermine their happiness. We follow the notes of their complicated, intertwined lives from 1987 to 2007, from Europe to America, and from conservatory...
Author
Publisher
TriQuarterly Books/Northwestern University Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"The characters in the twelve stories in The Archivists are everyday people, but when private losses or the shocks of history set their worlds reeling, they find connection and liberation in surprising, buoyant ways"--
Author
Publisher
TriQuarterly Books/Northwestern University Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Set in early 1990s Manhattan and in eastern Afghanistan circa 2012, "Blue Hours" deftly explores identity, self-determination, and the consequences of neocolonialism. When we first meet Mim, a recent college graduate in NYC, she has disavowed her working-class roots, befriending Kyra, a dancer and daughter of privilege, until calamity causes their estrangement. Twenty years later, Kyra has gone missing abroad, and Mim--now a recluse in rural New...
Author
Publisher
Ye ren wen hua gu fen you xian gong si
Pub. Date
2011
Language
中文
Description
Former Bolshoi ballerina Nina Revskaya auctions off her jewelry collection and becomes overwhelmed by memories of her homeland, the friends she left behind amidst Stalinist aggression, and the dark secret that brought her to a new life in Boston.
Author
Series
Bestseller) volume 876
Publisher
Debolsillo
Pub. Date
2011
Language
Español
Description
Former Bolshoi ballerina Nina Revskaya auctions off her jewelry collection and becomes overwhelmed by memories of her homeland, the friends she left behind amidst Stalinist aggression, and the dark secret that brought her to a new life in Boston.
