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The Memory Artist

Katherine Brabon

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Remember Soviet history through a memory artist

"The Memory Artist" is an introspective book that explores the complex history of Soviet Russia through the eyes of Pasha Ivanov, a child of the Freeze. The book takes readers on a journey through Russia's dark past and how it has affected the lives of those who remember it. It's a unique and powerful read for history enthusiasts who want to learn more about the Soviet Union and its impact on the world.

  • Australian/Vogel's Literary Award (2016)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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ISBN: 9781760292867
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Date of Publication: 2016-04-27
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction
Goodreads rating: 3.11
(rated by 280 readers)

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Winner of The Australian/Vogel's Literary Award 2016.How can hope exist when the past is so easily forgotten? Pasha Ivanov is a child of the Freeze, born in Moscow during Brezhnev's repressive rule over the Soviet Union. As a small child, Pasha sat at the kitchen table night after night as his parents and their friends gathered to preserve the memory of terrifying Stalinist violence, and to expose the continued harassment of dissidents. When Gorbachev promises glasnost, openness, Pasha, an eager twenty-four year old, longs to create art and to carry on the work of those who came before him. He writes; falls in love. Yet that hope, too, fragments and by 1999 Pasha lives a solitary life in St Petersburg. Until a phone call in the middle of the night acts as a summons both to Moscow and to memory. Through recollections and observation, Pasha walks through the landscapes of history, from concrete tower suburbs, to a summerhouse during Russia's white night summers, to haunting former prison camps in the Arctic north. Pasha's search to find meaning leads him to assemble a fractured story of Russia's traumatic past.
 

Remember Soviet history through a memory artist

"The Memory Artist" is an introspective book that explores the complex history of Soviet Russia through the eyes of Pasha Ivanov, a child of the Freeze. The book takes readers on a journey through Russia's dark past and how it has affected the lives of those who remember it. It's a unique and powerful read for history enthusiasts who want to learn more about the Soviet Union and its impact on the world.

  • Australian/Vogel's Literary Award (2016)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

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