Irina Story edition by Jim Williams Literature Fiction eBooks
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Irina’s Story is the history of the Uspensky family and its attempt to negotiate the perils of 20th century Russia. It begins in the twilight years of the Tsarist empire in the idyllic setting of the family’s country home at Babushkino, and describes a world which is destroyed by war, revolution and Stalin’s terror, and ends with the fall of communism and the beginning of a new Russia of gangsters and crony-capitalism.
At the age of 90, Irina Uspenskaya is the last surviving witness of these events. In her Moscow apartment, while her young relative Slavochka and his friends in “the International Syndicate” aspire to become successful drug dealers, Irina collects the letters and diaries of her parents’ generation and sets down the tale of what happened to them all.
In turn she describes the doomed marriage of her father Nikolai and her mother Xenia, who love but never understand each other; her idealistic aunt Adalia, who marries the sinister Grodsky; her disreputable uncle Alexander and his feisty wife Tatiana. These and a host of other colourful characters populate the story and we see their world through their eyes and understand it through their thoughts and writings.
Our guide, Irina is wry, funny, insightful and humane. Born with a disability, she views events through detached yet sympathetic eyes and reflects on her own history and her unrequited love for a boy she met as a little girl and the family and children she will never have.
Irina’s Story is told with verve, compassion and a command of the sweep of Russian history. It is at times funny, romantic, tragic and appalling, but suffused throughout with deep humanity.
Irina Story edition by Jim Williams Literature Fiction eBooks
I was given a sample copy of this story gratis. Inasmuch as it's an Abbreviated Reader's Copy (ARC), My comments are somewhat limited as my copy is not the end-version.The story line is set in Russia during a transition period, as told by Irina Uspensky. The setting descriptions are rich as are the characters. As with most families, there are personality differences and tensions delivered in a subtle manner. The reader receives a believable cultural representation of a Russian family. Humorous passages are delightful, the seance being my personal favorite. Pacing is excellent as each chapter easily segues into the next.
I was drawn into this novel very easily, a stark change from my usual Sci-Fi readings. It was a welcome change and I would highly recommend it.
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Irina Story edition by Jim Williams Literature Fiction eBooks Reviews
Irina’s Story is the historical novel about the Uspensky family throughout the 20th century in Russia. Jim Williams did his utmost to paint a broad variety of colorful characters, mix it with the historical background of the last Romanov Tsar, Bolsheviks, First and Second World War, Stalin up to the fall of the Iron Curtain with Gorbachev. At age 90, Irina Uspenskaya is the last surviving witness of this family saga, once recorded in diaries, and now retold, reframed from a primarily female point of view. Heroes of wars, victims sent to the Gulag, Jewish people despised, trust and religion dismantled.
Irina recollects from memory, love letters and fiction. Sometimes she steps out of the storyline to reflect on the way such a time span can be bridged, how fiction is woven into a memoir. This Russian tale kept me reading for hours.
I was given a sample copy of this story gratis. Inasmuch as it's an Abbreviated Reader's Copy (ARC), My comments are somewhat limited as my copy is not the end-version.
The story line is set in Russia during a transition period, as told by Irina Uspensky. The setting descriptions are rich as are the characters. As with most families, there are personality differences and tensions delivered in a subtle manner. The reader receives a believable cultural representation of a Russian family. Humorous passages are delightful, the seance being my personal favorite. Pacing is excellent as each chapter easily segues into the next.
I was drawn into this novel very easily, a stark change from my usual Sci-Fi readings. It was a welcome change and I would highly recommend it.
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