Sofia Petrovna

Sofia Petrovna

by Chukovskai︠a︡, Lidii︠a︡ Korneevna

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Sofia Petrovna is Lydia Chukovskaya's fictional account of the Great Purge. Sofia is a Soviet Everywoman, a doctor's widow who works as a typist in a Leningrad publishing house. When her beloved son is caught up in the maelstrom of the purge, she joins the long lines of women outside the prosecutor's office, hoping against hope for good news. Confronted with a world that makes no moral sense, Sofia goes mad, a madness which manifests itself in delusions little different from the lies those arou…

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Title Statements

  • Full title :Sofia Petrovna / Lydia Chukovskaya ; translated by Aline Werth ; emended by Eliza Kellogg Klose.

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Sofia Petrovna is Lydia Chukovskaya's fictional account of the Great Purge. Sofia is a Soviet Everywoman, a doctor's widow who works as a typist in a Leningrad publishing house. When her beloved son is caught up in the maelstrom of the purge, she joins the long lines of women outside the prosecutor's office, hoping against hope for good news. Confronted with a world that makes no moral sense, Sofia goes mad, a madness which manifests itself in delusions little different from the lies those around her tell every day to protect themselves.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:1994.

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Notes

Originally published: The deserted house. New York : Dutton, 1967.

The Physical Object

  • Description:120 p. ; : 20 cm.

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:0810111500, 9780810111509
  • oclc:on1166929025
  • LC Classification:PG3476.C485
  • Dewey Decimal:891.73/42

Subjects

Fiction Historical fiction History Soviet Union Soviet Union -- Fiction. -- History -- … URSS -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. -- Hist…

Writers

Chukovskai︠a︡, Lidii︠a︡ Korneevna Werth, Aline

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