Jacob's Ladder: A Novel

Ulitskaya, Ludmila

ISBN 10: 1250619564 / ISBN 13: 9781250619563

Published by Picador, 2020

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Good condition. This is the average used book, that has all pages or leaves present, but may include writing. Book may be ex-library with stamps and stickers. 0.95. Seller Inventory # 353-1250619564-gdd

Bibliographic Details

Title: Jacob's Ladder: A Novel

Publisher: Picador

Publication Date: 2020

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Good

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Review:

"Ulitskaya travels through a century of tangled Russian family history in this lucid saga . . . there is something mesmerizing about the narrative's scale, and patterns emerge: the little control humans have over their lives; the impact of political forces on individuals; the certainty of death, somehow softened by the promise of new birth. This is a challenging yet rewarding epic." --Publishers Weekly

"Nora Ossetsky, a set designer in 1970s Moscow, discovers a willow chest filled with her paternal grandparents' correspondence after her Grandmother Marusya's death. Thus begins acclaimed Russian writer Ulitskaya's (The Big Green Tent, 2014) expansive novel about the complications of human lives and repeating generational patterns, set against a backdrop that skips across a century of tumultuous Russian and Soviet history . . . Ideal for devotees of Russian literature and epic tales." --Booklist