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Dangling...
Малые литературные формы прозы, Современная русская и зарубежная проза
Off the Beaten Track: Stories by Russian Hitchhikers
Язык: английский
Год: 2012
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“Today an unusually gifted generation is entering Russian literature…. Literature has not seen such an influx of energy in a long time.”
—Olga Slavnikova, director of the Debut Prize
By and about Russian hitchhikers, these...
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