The Russian Jerusalem by Elaine Feinstein

Author:Elaine Feinstein [Elaine Feinstein]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781847777843
Publisher: Carcanet
Published: 2011-08-29T04:00:00+00:00

I want to cry out: ‘Have you learned nothing? Leave. Leave now,’ but I can hardly breathe in the hot, sticky air, let alone speak. And the solidity of the room is melting.

On the slopes of the underworld Der Nister rebukes me gently: And where could they go? To live in Kiev will not make them safe.

20 Golden Kiev

Here we are in the capital of old Rus:

with painted eggs, embroidered rushniki

and spicy Cossack dishes. This

is a city of ancient superstitions;

of tree spirits; of Bulgakov and Gogol.

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