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Living Pictures (US) by Polina Barskova, Catherine Ciepiela (translation) is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Living Pictures (US) about?
A poignant collection of short pieces about the author's hometown, St. Petersburg, Russia, and the siege of Leningrad that combines memoir, history, and fiction. Living Pictures refers to the parlor game of tableaux vivants, in which people dress up in costume to bring scenes from history back to life. It’s a game about survival, in a sense, and what it means to be a survivor is the question that Polina Barskova explores in the scintillating literary amalgam of Living Pictures. Barskova, one of
Who reads Living Pictures (US)?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Polina Barskova, Catherine Ciepiela (translation)
- Publisher
- New York Review of Books, Incorporated, The; NYRB Classics
- Published
- 2022
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781681376608
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Fiction
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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