Living Pictures

by Polina Barskova

Book Overview

A poignant collection of short pieces about the author's hometown, St. Petersburg, Russia, and the siege of Leningrad that combines memoir, history, and fiction.

Living Pictures refers to the parlor game of tableaux vivants, in which people dress up in costume to bring scenes from history back to life. It's a game about survival, in a sense, and what it means to be a survivor is the question that Polina Barskova explores...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1681376598
• ISBN13: 9781681376592
• Release Date: September 2022
• Publisher: New York Review of Books
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 4.9" x 7.9"