Medea and Her Children

Name: Medea and Her Children
Author: Ludmila Ulitskaya

by Ludmila Ulitskaya

Historical novel spanning generations of a Jewish family in the Caucasus

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Ludmila Ulitskaya

Russian author who is one of the most widely read contemporary Russian novelists. The Kukotsky Enigma and Daniel Stein Interpreter are her most celebrated works, exploring Jewish identity and Soviet history with warmth and moral complexity.

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