The Women's Decameron by Julia Voznesenskaya

The Women's Decameron

Julia Voznesenskaya

336 pages first pub 1985 (editions)

fiction short stories reflective slow-paced
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Like Boccacio's famous Florentines, Julia Voznesenskaya's Russian women are cunning and savvy—about all facets of the Soviet system. They know how to beat it and how to endure. Quarantined in a Leningrad maternity ward after giving birth, ten wome...

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