Author: Ludmila Ulitskaya

A new collection of stories by the acclaimed Ludmila Ulitskaya, masterfully translated into English  A New Yorker Best of the Week Pick • A Library...

'Dazzling . . . [An] engrossing study of a vivacious personality slipping away' THE TIMES'Rich in detail, elusive in meaning, light in touch' MOSCO...

Rudolf Maier, a young microbiologist working on a plague vaccine, is summoned to Moscow to deliver a progress report to his superiors. Inadvertentl...