The Ladies From St. Petersburg - Nina Berberova
The first two novellas are about the trials of genteel women in the aftermath of the Russian Revolution. Life has become shabby for them, living in grimy rooming houses, with vindictive members of The Folk for whom semi-poverty, a monotonous diet, puzzled incomprehension, and hateful curiosity have become the default despite Communist assurances that every day, in every way, life will get better and better.
The last story, The Big City, is a surreal look at
The Big Apple by a Russian immigrant – anybody who has had to develop new eyes in
a foreign city like Copenhagen or Naha or Riga or Osaka will connect with this story.
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